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“No. 1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080, Butterfly” Digitized scan of the original print, 2019.“No. 1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080, Butterfly... Read More
“No.
1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080,
Butterfly”
Digitized scan of the original print, 2019.“No.
1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080, Butterfly – The Metamorphosis divided”,
a hand-made graphic print, of
an Abies alba ‘Brinar’ (a rare natural mutant of the European
white fir from the family Abies alba Mill) tree stump is an artistic
intervention that concerns the natural heritage. The tree was
officially registered in the Register of Natural Heritage of Slovenia
under-identification no. 1904, Rakitna – columnar fir. Coordinates
Y: 455200, X: 82080. In 2016, after more than a century of healthy
growth, the tree was brutally cut down by a vandal.
For
an overview of the original work and the artistic
intervention, see:
https://www.leajazbec.com/manualgraphicprint
The
print I made resembles a butterfly and links back to two of my
previous installation works. The first is “Butterfly,
the laboratory of the present”,
a light and video installation I made in 2010 as part of the series
"Time,
Eye, Body"
(2010 -2016). The projected animation reflects on the attractive
past, illuminated, light, opposing yet intimately linked to the
darkness. Both Real and metaphorical of the indefinite future. The
second work is “Foram”
(2015),
a light and glass installation, which reflects on
evolution’s cycles.
“No.
1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080,
Butterfly”
and “No.
1904, Y: 455200, X: 82080, Butterfly – The Metamorphosis divided”
are not only a documentation of a specific amount of time but also a
record of man's behaviour towards nature. Symbolically, the butterfly
life cycle represents metamorphosis. It relates to the present
time and the human condition within it. Dividing the format of a work
of art, the cross-section symbolizes disconnection, a problem, or a
tendency to merge