Anyone know who made this image? (Or should we call it an earthwork?) I wonder if it is photoshopped or real? If it is a real image, kudos are due indeed for its creation and execution --- though I hope no trees were executed to create it.(Via the excellent art blog Le Territoire Des Sens.)
It's a Spiral Jetty for the environmental cause.
So then that poses and interesting question. Is Spiral Jetty a work of art with an environmental message? It's all in how you interpret it of course, whether you focus on the bulldozer tearing up and reshaping the landscape --- or the heightened awareness of place and landscape that the earth-work has brought to people who have watched it surface and submerge over the last 38 years.
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hmmm, something to ponder indeed.
I'd bet dollars to donuts that, if it isn't faked, the tree image is an accident. That looks like a pretty standard clear cut to me. You've got the previous cut regrowing by the roadside and the branching access road heading inward to new timber. If it's not a fake, I'd say it's an ironic coincidence.
It does make me marvel at the commonality of the organizational principles that govern both organic and inorganic structures. The branching, tree-like pattern was likely created by the same geometric rules that govern rivers, blood vessels, coral, and trees. Strange to find wonder hiding in something as grim as a clear cut.
Nice find, thanks. Also, thanks for introducing me to Le Territoire des Sens.
Michael,
I think you're probably right --- that really makes sense that it's a "naturally" occurring shape. I guess, in this case, we'd have to call it something like a painfully ironic fractal...
The tree image is certanly not fake! It has won a "picture of the year" award in Sweden in 2006 (http://www.airpix.se/).
It is called "trädet" ("the tree") and was shot by Joakim Berglund.
It shows the result after clearing up windfellings by the storm "Gudrun".
Pereng,
Thanks so much for the info! I am happy to finally know the source of this wonderful image.
It's also nice to know that it doesn't have to do with commercial logging. It's a very neat image and definitely deserves the award.
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