ⓘ Information panel (digital copy)

3D Model

Permanent installation at 51° 24‘ 49.8” N, 5° 39‘ 19.9” E. Weathering steel frame with irregularly interchanging information panels (Print on dibond mounted on wood, QR code, 118 x 71cm), 2022.

In the Summer of 2019, a small family forest fell victim to a bark beetle infestation. Unusually mild winters caused larvae numbers to explode while extreme drought weakened the otherwise more resilient trees. Expanding patches of dead forest can be found from the North Sea coast to the Baltics and Romania.

The clearcut became The Plot: a witness to the climatological system crisis, and a portal for ecological grief. How do we deal with this new type of loss? What is The Plot telling us? How can biodiversity be restored if it doesn’t get a chance anymore to do so? And what constitutes as ‘nature’ when it’s being confused with a park?

Read more via this link. This model can also be visited here.