Extra matter symbiosis

Two millennial elms called “The Preston Twins” stood for centuries at the edge of the Preston Park in Brighton, UK. In 2019 one of the two elms was felled because it was declared infected by a lethal disease that killed him. But connections can survive out of the matter. What it’s meant to be together can’t be torn apart or separated so the artist wanted to create a new type of connection between the twins. A connection that can’t be infected because it’s not physical, but it’s kind of a spiritual connection that happens through a gift of the author. On January 8th 2022, the artist goes on the site of “The Preston Twins” and digs two small holes in the ground: the first inside the living huge hollow trunk and the second inside what remains of the other felled elm. She put the two tiny boxes underground and she covers them again with earth. The artist created a third small glass box that she brought home with the pink opal, the message and two tiny pieces of the Twins’ barks so they can metaphorically live together in that tiny space forever.

analogue video on analogue support
glass box with fragments in a unique edition
nine analogue photographs in colors 10 x 15 cm signed and numbered
MDF black frames 20 x 30 cm