Cocoons: Fishing for Trees

Hidden Avenues, Domburg, Zeeland, The Netherlands 2005

In meinem Projekt für „Verborgen Lanen” versuchte ich die nahe See mit den Bäumen in diesem Park zu verbinden. Und ich versuchte das Fischen im Meer mit dem “ Fischen“ der Bäume in Verbindung zu bringen.
Farbige Äste und durchscheinendes Fiberglas hängen in den Bäumen und assoziieren die Illusion von Fischblasen und gefischten Bäumen.
Die Netze schweben leicht in den Wipfeln und bilden luftige Körper.

In my project for “Hidden Avenues” I tried to connect the nearby sea with the trees in this park and to relate the catching of fish in the North Sea to the catching of trees with fishing nets.

Translucent nets of glass fibre, coloured branches and coloured strings were lightly spun between them and hung up by their crowns to create the illusion of fished trees. The nets floated gently in the wind, were spun around the trees and hung at the top as well as between them, forming ethereal bodies.

Material: Branches, fibre glass, 3 objects L 2,80m – 4m