Redwood Time is an exhibition and series of events created in response to a cross-section of a giant redwood that serves as a landmark and tourist attraction in town. The cross section is affixed with a timeline of historical events that correspond to the rings of the tree. The exhibition proposes an alternative to a fixed timeline representing a dominant singular view of time or history, instead encouraging reinterpretation through ongoing collective practice. The range of events to be presented under the Redwood Time banner include a group exhibition featuring a 1:1 scale fabric model of the redwood mount, magic lantern performances, participatory theater events, large scale printmaking workshops, an immersive audio soundscape, and installations that speak to the natural environment and its ongoing cycles of decay and nourishment that sustain forest ecosystems.
Redwood Time
Mysteries of the Round Happening, August 9, 2025, overhead projections on acetate, natural objects and drawings. Photo by Tristan Duke.
Still from Ursula Brookbank’s film, Arbor Day. April 24, 2026. The film recounts her residency and the Mysteries of the Round Happening. Image by Ursula Brookbank.
Art Explorers, Peepshow, 2025. Part of the Mysteries of the Round. Photo by Tristan Duke
Installation view of Melissa Ferrari’s Magic Lantern Performance Relict: A Phantasmagori. Photo by Melissa Ferrari
Théâtre de la Liberté, an avant-folk theatre company helmed by Radek Tůma, reimagined the life of John Muir
Mock-up exhibition image of fabric round in the dry shed. Image by Anne Beck.
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