Three Trees / The Plot

3D Model

Photogrammetric model of three tree stumps surrounded by a circular wood wall at The Plot (51° 24‘ 49.8” N - 5° 39‘ 19.9” E).

In the early 1960s, my grandfather acquired a hectare of land covered in baby spruce. During the decades that followed, these grew into a small family forest.

From 2017 on, extended drought weakened the trees. Mild winters aided the explosion of numbers of Ips typographus (the Spruce Bark Beetle) all over Europe. The forest died, and was cleared in September 2019. Since then, the land is The Plot, a central component of my artistic doctoral research into dealing with ecological grief.

The Plot is mapped, documented, used as a meeting point, and being prepared for regeneration. See also: https://solastalgia.theappealoftheunreal.com/ https://goo.gl/maps/ehzNYN3CeGs7TwAz7

Photos made with a Sony Alpha 7III, December 17, 2020. Model made with Metashape. This is a medium/lo-quality export file. © Alexandra Crouwers / alexandracrouwers.com / T: @acrwrs / I: @alexa_crwrs