Trees

Trees Description

Omnipresent and essential to life, trees have been underestimated by biologists. But inrecent years, they have been the subject of scientific discoveries that have allowed usto see these oldest and largest members of the community of living beings in a newlight. Capable of sensory perception, showing complex communication skills, living insymbiosis with many other species and influencing the climate, trees are equipped withunexpected faculties whose discovery confirms what indigenous, traditional and localcommunities had long acknowledged. Featuring works by contemporary artists including forest people, scientific imagery,films, photographs and sound installations, the exhibition at the Fondation Cartierpour l'art contemporain, Paris, strives to highlight the beauty, ingenuity and biologicalrichness of trees, allowing us to see and hear these impressive protagonists of theliving world that now find themselves also under increasing threat. Through paintings,drawings, photographs, scientific images, maps and texts by specialists, the cataloguepublished to accompany the exhibition invites the reader to dive into the fascinatingand beautiful world of trees.