Situated in the forests of the Catskill Mountains – part of the larger Appalachian Mountains in North America -, Monologue began with my desire to speak to the trees, sustained by the hope that nature might one day respond.

In Catskill Mountains, forests and trees are both the very reality and metaphors for the physical, philosophical, political, social, and moral energies. I wanted to converse with the trees, also with the people - my neighbors, long-term residents, farmers, and travelers — to understand their thoughts and imaginations about the trees in this region.  Monologue evolved into a multi-chapter project on which photography, drawing, literature, installation, and my own act of interventions intertwine.  It engages the documentation of the past and a projection of the future.  The simultaneous presence of reality and fiction in these works created dialogues that examine the narratives and perspectives, and the “given” and the “created”.

Monologue is like a tree talking in the deep forest – quiet and solitary, yet capable of igniting dialogue even in its absence.