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WOUND EDGES BY YANNICK MOSIMANN

"In July 2022, a forest fire broke out on Monte Gambarogno in Ticino, Switzerland. Dry conditions and strong winds fueled the flames, which spread quickly across the steep terrain. More than 100 hectares of forest were destroyed.

The film WOUND EDGES is my own emotional response to this landscape, using 16mm footage hand-developed with the forest's ashes. Each frame bears physical traces of the land's memory, blending destruction with resilience. The film is amplified by the sound textures and field recordings of the forest itself – musical improvisations with burned wood, contact microphones placed on trees, and the presence of fire. Together, these elements sonically capture the forest’s wounds, honoring its raw, vulnerable state. WOUND EDGES invites viewers to reflect on human impact, impermanence, and the haunting beauty of the land’s transformation." – Yannick Mosimann

Yannick Mosimann is a filmmaker, sound artist and photographer based in Bern, Switzerland. His work includes films, video installations and collaborations with a wide range of artists as both filmmaker and musician. Working mostly with hand-developed 16mm film, his practice centers on intuitive processes and sensory experiences, exploring themes such as human perception, ecological entanglements and the shifting boundaries between the natural and the constructed. His films are poetic reflections on the world around us, moving between documentary and experimental cinema, where one form continuously seeps into the other.

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