mammal institute
Residency and Archive
Białowieża, Poland, June 2019
Veselka spent a month in residence at the Mammal Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Białowieża Forest—the only surviving piece of old-growth forest that once stretched from Siberia to Ireland. Unlike managed forests—ones that are sustainably logged—more wood than not is decaying, laying where it falls on the forest floor, hosting immense biodiversity. It is one of the only natural forests remaining in an otherwise altered landscape of Western civilization.
At the Institute and in the forest, Veselka collected over 1,000 3-D scans of flora, fauna, and fungi. She is looking for funding and a venue to create an exhibition of moving images and 2-D and 3-D printed objects from this research.
In process shots of collections scanning.
Access to these collections was generously provided by The Mammal Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża, Poland.
Access to these collections was generously provided by The Mammal Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Białowieża, Poland.