Marwan Rechmaoui

Marwan Rechmaoui’s forest responds to an essay by John Berger, in which the author recounts a conversation with his own mother. The two were talking about the disturbance caused by a dog that was furiously barking; its chain was too short to allow it to reach the shade. Berger’s mother suggested that simply lengthening the chain a little would allow the distressed animal to find shade, calm down, and that consequently many good things might flow from this small act.