How is the shade of 3D printed trees?
How is the shade of 3D printed trees?
2015
Gray Elm Tree stump with 3 video-bubbles
3-channel video-composition with sound, 9:20 min, looped
video projectors embedded in found tree stump, on/ off switch and sound control
16 x 18 x 31.5 in / 35 x 40 x 80 cm
Image courtesy of Timur York
Ballerinas take on the form of small creatures in a multicolored game of perspec- tive and scale that ennobles the existence of tiny beings. Vibrating trees taken from nature ooze video-spheres as if liquid sap with images from the rainforest, the healer, his medicine and his plants, infusing the endangered forest with a second life in this digital world of magic. The spirit of the trees speaks, chant- ing the hummingbird song who symbolizes the connection between Earth and the Universe for the Ashanika healers from Peru. Dancers in costumes mimic the metamorphosis of the butter y and the somatic sonar-type communication between individuals in ant colonies, ocks of birds and bee hives.