A witch’s cauldron bubbles, releasing swirling smoke that conjures visions of invasive plants—Yellow Flag Iris, Himalayan Blackberry, Scotch Broom. Their presence lingers, entangled with an industrial scream that cuts through the forest: the sound of a surface air blower from the Quinsam Coal Mine in Canada, now in ‘care and maintenance.’

Charcoal drawings of native plants from the unceded traditional territory of the Liǧʷiɫdax̌ʷ people on the west coast of Canada dissolve and re-form, as if animated by the intelligence of the plants themselves. Rendered on water-soluble paper, they speak to cycles of growth, displacement, and resilience, echoing the silent knowledge carried in roots and seeds.

This video interweaves hand-drawn imagery, field recordings, and a single photograph, tracing the spectral presence of both industry and ecology in a shifting landscape.