In 1667 a 12-year-old girl, Gertrud Svensdotter, was accused of walking on water in Älvdalen, Sweden. This event marked the beginning of the Swedish witch-hunts, a period of mass hysteria and horror in Älvdalen and its neighbouring regions. The forthcoming book 'Gertrud' by artist Maja Daniels uses photography to reconfigure the history and myth of these events, igniting a contemporary dialogue around Gertrud. Maja Daniels—who has family ties to the town of Älvdalen—grew up hearing her grandmother speak of the stories surrounding Gertrud Svensdotter. The resulting witch trials, now known as 'Det stora oväsendet' (the big clamour), claimed the lives of over 300 people. Most of the photographs in 'Gertrud' were created by Daniels through interventions in the forest. Utilising the landscape, a cast of characters and seemingly talismanic objects, she has drawn upon a surrealist desire to 're-enchant the world'. Interspersed with Daniel's photographs are those from the archive of Tenn Lars Persson (1878-1938) whose work she engaged with in her previous book 'Elf Dalia' (MACK).