Rebecca Birch's video is the result of a journey to Ancient Bristlecone Forest and the nearby town, Big Pine, in California, to investigate whether living alongside the oldest living things on earth (the Bristlecone Pines) impacts upon the way its residents live. The conversations with locals such as forest rangers and spiritualists touch on subjects including the politics of land ownership in the American West, suicide in the National Parks, and the habits of chipmunks.
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'Bristlecone' by Rebecca Birch, Video still of digital video, duration 50 minutes, 2007
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'Bristlecone' showing inside the shack
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The shack at PSL
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