The film uses Ips typography, a custom made font based on the distinct hieroglyphic patterns the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) leaves behind after its devastation. The font was designed by Jeroen Joebob van der Ham in 2020 and based on my drawings of bark beetle patterns from bark, found as evidence of the beetle’s passage on a clear-cut: a plot of family land – bought in 1964 by my grandfather – that was home to a small forest until its demise in September 2019.
Some Last Questions
Will the clock dissolve?
Did rain enjoy falling? Did
the hands truly love me? Did
the treetops know? Was
sadness what we wanted? Were
the fireflies warning us?