Never Just a Tree - Necessity: Forests - Video Essay #5 by Shane Finan

Shane Finan, resident artist on the programme ENTWINED. Rural. Land. Lives. Art. is posting video essays about his residency with VARC and his project about networks. 'Necessity 1: Forests' is the fifth 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. The 5th-7th videos in this series talk about the necessity of different types of network: why do they matter? In this video, Shane explores the idea of networks in forests, and how mycorrhizal networks work as points of exchange for important minerals in healthy organisms. 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 in April 2020 but has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interim, Shane is creating a series of concept videos about his project plans, that will include responses to the pand