Modern humans rarely live in trees, but that doesn't mean we can live without them. About 3 trillion trees currently exist, enriching habitats from old-growth forests to city streets. Yet despite our deep-rooted reliance on trees, we tend to take them for granted. People clear millions of forested acres every year, often for short-term rewards despite long-term risks like desertification, wildlife declines, and climate change.
Trees are thought to be the oldest living organisms on the planet. For centuries, they have been resistant to environmental changes through a symbiotic relationship with fungi and other microbes. Many more discoveries need to be made to understand the ancient wisdom of our forests and the invisible microbes that keep our ecosystems in harmony.
I lend the trees a visualization that is close to humans for recognition in communication and these are hands, feet, and perhaps a face. They don't have a voice, all communication is on an internal network. Are they human? Are they animals? We don't know. They're living cells.
I work with the intimacy of this environment and don't turn a blind eye to the pollution and dirt, but try to see something bigger in the whole that connects all the organisms.
Objects of forerst - Prototaxites video 4 min 3D animation and 3D scan