Rob Crosse is a visual artist and filmmaker from the UK and based in Berlin. Working with video, photography, sculpture and drawing, his work questions the prevalent association between ageing and decline. The desire to belong is explored through his focus on group activities that form modes of communication and recreation. His working process often involves engaging with communities and support groups of older people over long periods of time. Recent exhibitions include Natura Gaia, Bangkok Biennale, Thailand; Love is Louder, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium; Orangerie of Care, nGbk, Berlin and Chaleur Humaine, Triennial Art +Industry, Musées Dunkirk, France. In 2020 he was awarded the Ars Viva Prize.

The science of determining the age of wood, dendrochronology, investigates a trees past and deduces the necessary conditions for their future healthy growth. The film Wood for the Trees draws parallels between trees and people: combing footage of scientists examining an old growth German forest with footage of residents from a LGBTQ+ multi-generational housing project in Berlin. Just as trees transmit signals to each other underground and the forest ecosystem is characterised by mutual support, the intergenerational exchange reveals possibilities for diverse and inclusive forms of family, care and community.