[spectre] Eva and Franco Mattes reenacting Joseph Beuys' "7000 Oaks"

[Sigunde Gejnstra]

now you both got real NAMES all of a sudden?!

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On 3/20/07, Franco Mattes <Propaganda at 0100101110101101.org> wrote:
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> Eva and Franco Mattes (a.k.a. 0100101110101101.ORG) reenacting Joseph
> Beuys' "7000 Oaks" in a synthetic world
>
>
> Beuys' project begun on March the 16th 1982, at Documenta 7, in Kassel.
> His plan called for the planting of seven thousand trees, each paired
> with a columnar basalt stone. Beuys intended the Kassel project to be
> the first stage in an ongoing scheme of tree planting to be extended
> throughout the world as part of a global mission to effect
> environmental and social change.
>
> The Mattes are reenacting Beuys' work "7000 Oaks", staging the new
> performance in the synthetic world of Second Life. The first virtual
> tree and stone were planted on March the 16th 2007, exactly 25 years
> after the original oak was planted.
>
> The 7000 basalt stones have been stacked on Mattes' island in Second
> Life: Cosmos Island. The diminishing pile of virtual stones will
> indicate the progress of the project, which will go on until all 7000
> oaks and stones will be placed. Second Life inhabitants will have the
> chance to take part to the performance, placing stones and trees in
> their lands.
>
> This work is part of Eva and Franco Mattes series of "Synthetic
> Performances": reenactment of historical performances inside synthetic
> worlds where body, space and time can be completely reinvented. The
> series started at the beginning of 2007 and will feature works by
> artists like Vito Acconci and Marina Abramovic.
>
> "Joseph Beuys' 7000 Oaks" is commissioned by Centro de Arte Juan
> Ismael, Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain), for the exhibition
> "Deambulatorios de una jornada, en el principio y el proyecto Tindaya",
> curated by Nilo Casares.
>
>
> More information and contacts: www.0100101110101101.org
>
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