A Decade of Biomass Measured with Necklaces

The installation represents the biomass accumulated by the 1523 trees that I planted in 2008 (myforestfarm, Philippines.) I created 1523 necklaces with chains, that were used to measure the circumferences of each tree. In the installation they are tied together and suspended in a circular form. The footprint of the circle equals the accumulated diameter of all tree trunks. The void space could be seen as a phantom of the gaseous transformation of carbon dioxide into oxygen during the creation of biomass through photosynthesis. The work evokes engagement with the complexity of ecological problems through an aesthetic experience and imagination. A Decade of Biomass Measured with Necklaces [1523 Trees / myforestfarm 2008 - 2018] _ Seoul Version is part of Fleischmann's long-term research project myforestfarm (since 2008, www.myforestfarm.com), which operates within the field of ecology (climate change) and globalization (emissions trading schemes). The exhibited works suggest aesthetic approaches to scientific methods regarding the challenge to identify, validate, verify and quantify the growth of trees in a forest and the resulting carbon dioxide captured from the atmosphere. The project demonstrates alternative micro-economic models as an expansion to the existing financial instruments (e.g. Carbon Credits) implemented by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). (Photos courtesy of Seoul Mediacity Biennale 2018)