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At the centre of "the other planet" by Tina Ribarita, both spatially and conceptually, there is a lush, green forest. A camera moves slowly through giants leaves, examining every angle, immersing the viewer in this overwhelming space. The image does what it can to prove to us: this is real. Or, implicating our bodies: you are here. This very insistence comes off as suspicious, undermining its own claims. As in other works by Tina Ribarits, though, there is a twist. This seeming simulation gestures towards computer-generated, stereoscopic 3D imaging, but is in fact the result of …