Instant Fall

Two trees.

One has been felled and is lying prone on an old tile floor. The foliage fell first, followed by the trunk and the branches. It now has a respectable position on the floor, with its intrinsic parts dissected and in the position it has known from the start. At peace with its fate yet in a position to rise again layer by layer.

The other still stands proud. This tree is immaterial and owes its existence to the presence of other material in its environment. The tree, based on a cherry tree from Witzenhausen (around Kassel, Germany), has been cut from various layers of felt. Within each layer there is a closer focus on the tree’s innards. As more felt is cut away, so the volume of the immaterial tree increases. The tree owes its existence to its environment that is increasingly reduced.