Birdsong

Sobre el libro Birdsong de David Claerbout publicado por Hannibal Books al 2025:

Birdsong brings together three video works by David Claerbout – The Wood- carver and the Forest, Birdcage and Back- wards Growing Tree – each a meditation on time, perception and the poetics of the natural world. In an era dominated by speed and distraction, Claerbout reclaims the longue durée, offering a con- templative, detoxed form of filmmaking. Accompanied by a poem by Stefan Hertmans, this volume explores the myths of digitisation, the rhythms of nature, growth and degrowth. Birdsong is a visual journey through the imaging ideas that the artist has developed over the past decade. With countless film stills from a previously unreleased video, this publication offers a unique insight into the artist’s working process. This publication coincides with Claerbout’s exhibition At the window at Gaasbeek Castle from 27 June until 16 November 2025. Hardcover – 128 pages – 30 × 24.5 cm – € 49 – Trilingual edition English-Dutch-French – ISBN 978 94 9341 615 4 © Courtesy Studio David Claerbout