The audio-visual presentation Forest in a Forest by photographer Naama Kostiner and sound artist Luc Messinezis is an effort to outline the importance of the forest in our lives. Naama with the lens as an extension of her being, captures images, moments, stills which transform into memories of a place that is so far yet so close to us. In a similar way, the aural presentation and phonographic work of Messinezis attempts to capture time and space and relocate it within the context of a gallery in the village of Ein Hod, which is itself surrounded by the forest of the ancient Carmel Mountains.

Visual and aural elements co-exist in the space of the gallery. The frame which is timeless and still, transfers the notion of the object; while the waveform, dependent on time, carries the notion of event. Sound and Vision became the two bodies of a counterpoint composition where as independent voices they meet and create space within space in harmony.

Forest in a Forest was presented from the 17th of April until the 8th of May 2010 at Levendel - Bloch Gallery in Ein Hod artist's Village, Israel.

Forest in a Forest (Excerpt)

Luc Messinezis is an artist and researcher working across sound, installation and performance. His practice oscillates between aural awareness, philosophy and the humanities. Coming from a scientific background, he changed direction toward creative practices and now holds an MA in sound arts awarded by the University of the Arts London and a PhD for his research on Aural Simulacra at the Ionian University. Luc reads the act of listening as an extrovert gesture of expression and tends to ‘mediumizing’ the audience by placing them at the epicenter of the work. He has presented a multitude of artworks across the globe with notable activities including among others his presentations at Ars Electronica 2020 (AT), minus20degree Festival 2020 (AT), Primarolia Festival 2019 (GR), ADAF 2015/2021 (GR) and Ethnographic Terminalia 2011 (CA). He was a resident at AIR – Niederosterreich (AT) in 2010 and he was nominated for the ScreenGrab7 2015 Media Award (AU) for his work ‘The Modern book of Cynics’. As a researcher Luc has presented his work in many international conferences, and has authored several publications. Finally, he is affiliated with the Ionian University’s Department of Audio and Visual Arts and he is an active member of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Association and the Hellenic Society for Acoustic Ecology.