Photographer Sydney Pine explores Phil Allard and Justin Duchesneau’s installation Forêt, as part of the Festival International Les Escales Improbables de Montreal, an interactive art festival running from September 2 to 14 at locations in and around Montreal.
See the photo gallery below to learn more about this installation.
Forêt is meditation space made of 650 pieces of recycled wooden pallets.
Not normally self-supportable, the pallets are made to support themselves in this piece and filter light as though they were tree branches and had returned to their birth form.
The space suggests a natural sanctuary at the center of the urban landscape.
The many pieces come together like a puzzle to form a gigantic structure.
“We conceived a space which bears itself with the idea of support. The light is filtered as through natural tree branches.” – wrote Phil Allard and Justin Duchesneau.
The installation draws inspiration from the buildings surrounding it but is set apart by its unique construction.
