THE RINGS BURN TOO
Cork, MDF, 7 pieces, each 100x100 cm , 2025
Seven pieces, seven years of drought. This work gives voice to the trees, which record in their rings what humanity prefers to forget: the Earth is in pain.
Each pyrograph on cork represents the most devastating droughts in recent history. Seven years. seven warnings. The rings burned, but we did not see the fire.
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1983: Ethiopian Famine
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1987: Northern Great Plains, USA
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2001: Millennium Drought in southeastern Australia
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2006: Syria
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2008: Central and southern south America
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2011: California
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2015: Central and Southern Europe
Cork, a living, porous, and regenerative material, also serves as a protective bark. But even bark burns when we insist on ignoring the signs.
Each burned ring is a warning. Are we ready to listen to what nature is trying to tell us?
