Ich habe die Bäume zum Tanzen gebracht

Trees dancing through the forest to rhythmic techno music. Khalil Berro’s new project and film «Ich habe die Bäume zum Tanzen gebracht» [dancing trees] was shot in the forests of Switzerland.

The quiet of the forest is crushed and juxtaposed by deconstructed acid techno beats with synthesized sounds of the forest and breaking of tree trunks. Seemingly impossible movements are made by trees reaching heights of up to 60 meters. Swaying and walking through the forest until they fall to their death seemingly relieved from their movements after breaking free from hundreds of still standing years.

Following their fall, the landscape changes. Light breaks through a new gap in the forest and the forest seems as if nothing has been touched, changed, or interrupted.