I participated in the Le Vent des Forêts
project held in France for two weeks starting on 30 June 1999. Le Vent des Forêts, which means 'the wind of the forests', is a forested area shared by six surrounding villages and forming an important part of the village life. The Le Vent des Forêts project is run by these six villages, and a great number of works with the forest as their theme have been installed there.
My project was based on interviews with 12 people living in these six villages. I asked them for their personal stories relating to the forest and put up plaques at the places associated with each story.
These personal stories tell us the life of people in these villages, especially their relationship with the forest. The 12 story plaques also serve as monuments to reawaken people's memories. This project was the Ùrst in which I produced plaques from interviews. 
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