Hearts’ Desire 2017

A story of desire and its perils. This immersive installation is Shinrin-yoku (forest bathing). Good for the soul, refreshing for the mind, but lurking in this forest are fairytale temptations and dangers. Fairytales work as a shorthand, we all know what happens when the princess gets the rose she shouldn’t have. Among the trees we come across iconic places of power, like the White House or Downing Street. Through their windows is the destruction of the natural world, a metaphor for the havoc wreaked by the power of those who sit inside.