Have you ever been to the woods?
Now, I can imagine, you’re smiling gently, but not without a hint of sarcasm.
“Of course,” you say to yourself. “What kind of question is that?!”
But have you really? Have you been to a real forest? The one that makes you pay the price for entering it?
Walking is never innocent. It shapes the landscape as we go. It indulges the gaze.
Walking is political. It creates realities, depending on where we go, with whom, when, on the weather, clothes, thoughts, feelings, health conditions, terrains, shapes, plants, types of the ground, moisture of the soil and any other element that you can think of.
I lost myself in the woods. Come walk through me!

Photo: Matej Tomažin, Cona.

Tery Žeželj studied Dramaturgy and Performing Arts in Ljubljana and Contemporary Theatre, Dance, and Dramaturgy at the Utrecht University. Her interests lie at the intersection of feminism, ecology, and performing arts. Currently, she is employed as an assistant researcher at the University of Nova Gorica.

Maria Magdalena Kozlowska is a singer, writer, and theatre maker. Her performances and videos portrait singing women and sonic utopias. She often works with classical musicians and opera singers. She also researches the entanglement of voice and landscape, building temporary stages in nature and public spaces.

COLOPHON

Sound design and music: Blaž Pavlica
Producer: Maja Vižin
Production: Bunker, Ljubljana, 2022
Supported by: Ministry of Culture RS, ACT – Art, Climate, Transition, EU – Creative Europe programme: Culture