The film revolves around the paradoxes of conservation and how gestures intended to preserve can also become forms of contention. Through the figure of the yew — both a toxic and sacred tree — the film traces the knowledge systems that have emerged around it. In a fragmented temporality, between myth, matter and word, the film delves into the way this tree continues to draw bodies into its shade, beneath which, it is said, the landscape was formed.
Inés Cámara Leret holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from the Complutense University of Madrid and obtained a Master’s degree from the University of the Arts London in 2015. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in public spaces (from squares to mountains), as well as in galleries, museums, and festivals. Leret has developed residencies in centers including Somerset House Studios, Las Cigarreras in Alicante, the International Center for Contemporary Culture Tabakalera in San Sebastián–Donostia, the Centro Residencias Artísticas Matadero Madrid, and the The Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía-C3A. Amongst the grants and awards she has received are the Circuitos de Artes Plásticas award, the Visual Arts Creation Grant from the Community of Madrid, the Hangar Production Grant, and the scholarship from the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome.