FOREST MATTERS
Hypnos Light Festival · Viña del Mar, Chile
“If someone asked me about the conversations of the future, I’d start with the forests.”
This piece is a visual outcry — a silent plea from the forests and the communities that call them home. In an age of environmental collapse, misinformation, and negligent policies, nature burns, weeps, and vanishes in silence.
Projected onto the façade of a historic building in Chile, the mapping blends generative visuals, symbolic imagery, and an immersive soundscape, evoking the tension between what is being lost and what could still be preserved.
The soundtrack was developed in collaboration with sound artist Brenda Sayuri, crafting a delicate and immersive sonic environment that invites the audience into a space of deep listening.
This is an invitation to hear what has long been silenced: the trees, the rivers, the forest peoples, the songs of the Earth.
Luciana Maia aka V.A.N.H was one of the 14 artists selected to participate in the Hypnos Light Festival in Viña del Mar, Chile. Under the theme “Conversations with the Future”, her projection mapping piece was showcased on January 17th and 18th at the historic Palacio Vergara, highlighting the intersection of art, technology, and ecological urgency.
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