THE RECORDINGS AND THE PHOTOS FOR THE AUDIOVISUAL INSTALLATION, THE VIDEO ART, AND THE ELECTRONIC PART OF THE WORK WERE COLLECTED BY NIKOS KOKOLAKIS AND YAEL LEVY IN THE CITY OF CHANIA, AS WELL AS AROUND MULTI-MILLION-YEAR-OLD TREES IN THE REGION OF CHANIA, SUCH AS THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF SAMONAS, THE ASCENDED OLIVE TREE OF VATOLAKKOS, THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF OLD ROUMATA, THE ANCIENT OLIVE TREE OF ANO VOUVES, THE MONUMENTAL OLIVE TREE OF ST. GEORGE AT ANISARAKI, THE ANCIENT PLANE TREE AT VLATOS, AND THE ANCIENT OLIVE TREES AT DELIANA.
ETZ HAYYIM (THE TREE OF LIFE) IS SEEN AND REFLECTED BETWEEN THOSE TREES AS A METAPHOR IN THIS PROJECT. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ETZ HAYYIM PLEASE VISIT ITS WEBSITE.
