Never Just a Tree - Forests: Video Essay #2 by Shane Finan

Supporting information on this essay: varc.org.uk/shane-finan-network-forests/ Shane Finan, resident artist on the programme ENTWINED. Rural. Land. Lives. Art. is posting video essays in the coming weeks about his residency with VARC. 'Forests' is the second video in the series 'Never Just A Tree', as part of the residency 'The Wood Wide Web' in collaboration with the Kielderhead Wildwood Project, Kielder. In this video, Shane outlines the first of the three network concepts of his residency: Forests. He develops an understanding of how forests communicate with one another, linked to recent research on the "Wood Wide Web". The 'Wood Wide Web' is a recently discovered phenomenon about networks of fungi and trees that spread through forests, sharing and exchanging information, food, water and other resources. This residency is part of the programme ENTWINED. Rural. Land. Lives. Art. Shane is resident artist at the Kielderhead Wildwood Project. His residency was planned to take place