A Gift to the Future: Tree Mountain by Agnes Denes | IN THE WORKS | THE SHED

Agnes Denes reminisces on creating "Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule-11,000 Trees, 11,000 People, 400 Years," a collaborative bioremediation artwork and a human-made virgin forest in Ylöjärvi, Finland. From conception to completion, the creation of “Tree Mountain” spanned from 1984 to 1996. A model and documentation from the work will be presented as part of the major exhibition “Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates” (October 9 - March 22) at The Shed.
“The trees must outlive the present era and, by surviving, carry our concepts into an unknown time in the future. If civilization as we know it ends or changes, there will be a reminder in the form of a strange forest for our descendants to ponder. They may reflect on an undertaking that did not serve personal needs but the common good and the highest ideals of humanity and its environment while benefiting future generations.” -Agnes Denes
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The comprehensive survey exhibition, "Agnes Denes: Absolutes and Intermediates" (October 9 - March 22), brings together over 150 works spanning Denes's 50-year career. The exhibition includes a comprehensive look at her important series the “Philosophical Drawings” (1969 - 80), “Map Projections” (1973 - 79), and “Pyramid Series” (1970 -); her realized monumental public works, including the iconic "Wheatfield-A Confrontation" (1982); as well as a presentation of unrealized works. The Shed has also commissioned a number of works that both expound and expand on the ideas that have been ever present throughout Denes’s career.
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[@backwoodsvids7780]

Just read an article about this excellent project on CNN, I had not heard of it before.
I love how shw says in the video how she hopes to be here to see it's fruition years later, well, she's 93 and just made a different version of the "Wheatfield" concept! Just too cool darlin! 🙂

[@TheSolutions2011]

A great artist of all times.

[@jefflevine9714]

“Good luck little tree!”

[@lynngilchrist3353]

Thank you, Agnes Denes

[@TheWoodDoodler]

Simply wonderful!

[@saksija1987]

Wonderful!

[@PatriciaGoodsonpianist]

Amazing woman, amazing artist.

[@alexddddddddd]

"one little tree, producing one little apple"

[@yenahkim9437]

So beautiful 😢

[@mercyrich]

Yes, .."it's an achievement, a human achievement..."!!

[@a1exzandraTV]

😍

[@KatrinSchneider-hh4ym]

does anybody know what kind of tree she planted? would be very helpful to know! Thank you :)

[@medianexchanges]

female Genius

[@mekiaelizabeth2988]

Holy shit

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Pramod vinod daanesh sunel ouret fight marware hospital 🏥

[@davi2ue]

Most of the environment we can see it's a human product. Make a "forest" it's not an achievement, it's just she doesn't know enough about Nature

[@jax0r44]

average the end of nature fan

[@CentigradeMind]

The first sentence is factually correct.
The second one is subjective.

[@HuangLin-bm1oo]

This person should plant a forest before saying anything 🤣