Nadia Hironaka, Matthew Suib: Field Companion

Locust Projects presents a new immersive film installation “Field Companion” by Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib, known for their fantastical moving images and alternate realities.

In “Field Companion“, the forest has been condensed and transplanted to a terrarium in the artists’ studio. Twelve cubic feet of pines, shrubs, ferns, moss, fungus and carnivorous plants are reflected infinitely in the terrarium’s mirrored walls and captured with a motion-controlled camera and specialized macro lens that dramatically shift the scale and perspective of this miniature landscape.

Snails, slugs, and insects inhabit the miniature ecosystem, accompanied by digitally rendered part-animal, part-human creatures. Through their conversations and interactions, they look forward, investigating progressive methods of sustainability.