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Trees from ancient forests live in complicated family networks, built up over centuries, supporting each other and communicating important survival information in ways we are only just really beginning to understand. Trees in replanted and manmade forests have been denied the time to establish these intricate networks, they are surrounded by an illusion of community, trapped in isolation, communicating only with themselves. 



The sculpture and soundscape I have created in reaction to this are designed to highlight the communication isolation experienced by the pine trees in the artificially constructed forests of Rota. The viewer is invited to step inside the trees armour and listen to the secret sonic world within. Created as artist in residence in January 2018 at Pinea-Linea De Costa in Rota, Spain.