Detritus Forest

Detritus Forest is a requiem from/for what has already lived: Evergreens raised to be adorned, go out of fashion, die and be disposed of. A luscious (yet deceased) inverted forest of discarded Christmas pines swing softly- a poetic symbol for consumption. Detouring from most political art, Detritus Forest does not assign judgement. Instead, it evokes the viewer to question his/her own involvement in an undeniable environmental problem. Composed from by-product of the environmental issue itself, not purchased mediums, this installation questions what we use as materialists, leaving viewers to evaluate actions, surroundings and priorities.

* Project text by Leah Stuhltrager, Director of Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery in New York City and Berlin.