FALLEN
Dimensions:
variable
Year:
2025
Location:
Reykjavík Botanical Garden
Materials:
White fir (Abies concolor), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), Black alder (Alnus glutinosa), Downy birch (Betula pubescens), Goat willow (Salix caprea), Sitka spruce seeds from Copper River Valley (Alaska, US), soil, mixed woodchip, viscose, silk
variable
Year:
2025
Location:
Reykjavík Botanical Garden
Materials:
White fir (Abies concolor), Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis), Black alder (Alnus glutinosa), Downy birch (Betula pubescens), Goat willow (Salix caprea), Sitka spruce seeds from Copper River Valley (Alaska, US), soil, mixed woodchip, viscose, silk
Fallen was the result of a collaboration between Reykjavík Botanical Garden and Iceland University of the Arts. The installation, which consisted of tree material in four different states, was a site-specific piece, reflecting on the idea of non-human personhood and death in nature, drawing on New Materialist thought. It came out of interactions with the gardeners at Grasagarður and labour-intensive engagement with five felled trees, eventually presenting them back in their place of origin, transformed into paper, fabric and wood chip.
