The weight of fallen trees #2
PIA JOHNSON
The weight of fallen trees #2, 1/5, 2021
archival pigment print, perspex, framed
58.5 × 78.5 cm - artwork
62 × 82 × 2 cm - framed
$2590
collect from Stockroom in Kyneton (VIC), or we will be in touch to discuss delivery options
Additional Info
The Weight of fallen trees addresses the climate crisis through a series of photographs of trees that fell during the June 2021 Victorian storms.As The Age reported, it was 'like hell on earth: the night the trees fell from the sky".
Trees develop root systems to withstand winds from typical directions, yet what occurred in the storms, were winds from atypical directions leading them to be uprooted or 'windthrown'.
This was a prediction about climate change made by arboriculture experts over 30 years ago coming to fruition.
In an act of grief and solace, I present the photographs on their side 'to right them' so they are standing still.