Congenial Soila nd Favourable Situations

Congenial Soils and Favourable Situations is a poetic document of collaborative learning which expands from observational documentary footage, conversations, and a critical engagement with place. Responding to the Scottish rainforest, Congenial Soils and Favourable Situations was filmed across the Argyll area, from the experimental mono-cultural forestry of Kilmun Arboretum, to sites of Atlantic Rainforest at Cormonachan Community Woodland, Taynish National Nature Reserve, Barnluasgan, and recent planting of native tree species at Cove Park. The film moves from blocks of planted forest to fragmented pockets of native woodland—from one management system to another. Paying close attention to the language and history of forest management and how this might develop into the future, the artists ask what is allowed to grow, and what is not?