ART-PREVIEW:La Timidité Des Cimes
Crown shyness or canopy disengagement is a phenomenon observed in some tree species in which the crowns of neighboring trees of similar height do not touch each other, but are separated by a gap. This forms a persistent and striking border around individual crowns that are visible from the ground. The phenomenon is most prevalent among trees of same species, but also occurs between trees of different species.
By Efi Michalarou
Photo: 49 Nord 6 Est Archive
The exhibition “La timidité des cimes” at 49 Nord 6 Est Frac, draws inspiration from this natural intelligence, as well as its limitations, to envision new modes of cohabitation. The curator invites us to explore alterity and reflect together on a society where everyone would have their place… without ever denying conflict, instability, or fragility. As Beatriz Alonso says “The poetical observation of this phenomenon challenges some of the modern views according to which nature is hegemonic and the fittest prevails in the fight for survival. To bring it into the human domain, this collective intelligence, this concern for the common good, could be put into perspective with our contemporaneous existence and remind us of the urgent need to take action as members of a society, with a view to creating an ecosystem in which relationships, encounters and exchanges can always emerge from synergies. In doing so, it challenges the justification of wild competition within our current socio-economic framework”. The works presented include, among others, actions which invite the public to participate both in and outside of 49 Nord 6 Est – Frac Lorraine, videos showing daily forms of sharing in existing communities and photographs that evidence the exchange of popular knowledge as well as relationships concerning and directly with nature. Participatory performances, invisible resistance, encounters with unusual communities, shared intimate moments (are a boarding call to a journey of otherness, a poetic and eminently intuitive approach to nature. Participating artists: Lara Almarcegui, Helena Almeida, Kader Attia, Jeremy Deller, Marta Fernández Calvo, Dora García, Jirí Kovanda, Amalia Pica, Rita Ponce de León, Alex Reynolds and Cecilia Vicuña.
Info: Curator: Beatriz Alonso, 49 Nord 6 Est – Fonds régional d’art contemporain de Lorraine, 1 bis, rue des Trinitaires, Metz, Duration: 17/3-4/6/17, Days & Hours: Tue-Fri 14:00-19:00, Sat-Sun 11:00-19:00, www.fraclorraine.org
