In the video work I Wan’na Be Like You, Lukács and Broersen focus on the ‘Western’ image of ‘the Jungle’. The wilderness is often seen as a Terra Nullius, supposedly unexplored land that served as an emblem of desire for the colonial powers. This film delves deeper into ‘the wilderness’ as it was once confiscated and subsequently recreated in the most important botanical gardens in Europe.

Through a complex process of photogrammetry, 3D-moulding and modelling, claying, motion capture and CGI, these gardens were turned into one virtual representation of the conquered jungle as it is preserved in the botanical gardens throughout Europe. This phantom maze serves as a backdrop for an avatar of a ghost, an apparition that is neither human nor animal, a hybrid being that floats between past and future.