Tree of Heaven Woodshop at Galerie K’ in Bremen. We show a series of repaired chairs which were originally done for the Kasseler Kunstverein, some photographs, wooden vases and two videos from the early 2000s.
In 2005, Annette Weisser, Mitch Cope and Ingo Vetter founded the Detroit Tree of Heaven Woodshop, which works exclusively with the wood of the Tree of Heaven, an inexhaustible resource even in the city of Detroit. The woodshop is designed as a locally organised network and develops artworks and commissioned works for international art institutions. The technique of re- or upcycling is placed in the context of globalised ecosystems: The Asian tree of heaven, which has become an invasive species in many regions beyond its region of origin due to world trade, is deliberately used as a raw material for the (re)construction of chairs from the Kassel Art Academy. Frames of design classics are fitted with the pale yellowish wood of the tree of heaven.
Documentary photographs and video works complete the portrait of Detroit, which is exemplary of the dramatic changes in social, ecological and economic conditions in a city as a result of globalisation. The outlines of wooden vessel sculptures, based on various statistics relevant to Detroit from 1985 to 2005, such as unemployment or the vacancy rate of buildings, nuance the image of a city in the shadow of its precarious living conditions.
Opening at 15 June 2024 and the show will run until 21 September 2024
Galerie K’ , Weberstraße 51a, 28203 Bremen, Germany
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