The artist made this piece a year after she was arrested for participating in a tree-sitting protest
The artist made this piece a year after she was arrested for participating in a tree-sitting protest against the bulldozing of oaks and sycamores in Arcadia, California. Rigged with rope and carabiners and fully equipped with a canteen, lantern, and first-aid kit, this tree-sitting platform presents a tactical tool for environmental civil disobedience as sculpture.Nominated for the 3rd wave by Nancy Buchanan.Andrea Bowers (American, born 1965). Stop Ecocide Tree Sitting Platform for Forest Defense, 2012. Image courtesy of the artist and Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York -- source link
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