Non tutti sanno
che fra la West 22nd Street e nell'incrocio fra la 10th e 11th
Avenues di New York City ci sono alcune parti dell'opera di Joseph Beuys
7000 Querce, questo grazie al sostegno della Dia che ha diversi progetti nel
centro della Grande Mela.
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ia installed five
basalt stone columns, each paired with a tree, at 548 West 22nd Street in 1988,
continuing the sculpture project 7000 Eichen (7000 Oaks) by German
artist Joseph Beuys. Five different varieties of trees were planted: gingko, linden,
bradford pear, sycamore, and oak. In 1996 Dia extended this project by planting
18 new trees, each paired with a basalt stone, on 22nd Street from 10th to 11th
avenues, adding Pin Oak, Red Oak, Elm Honey Locust, Gingko, and Linden.
Beuys's project 7000
Oaks was begun in 1982 at Documenta 7, the large international art
exhibition in Kassel, Germany. His plan called for the planting of 7,000 trees,
each paired with a columnar basalt stone approximately four feet high above
ground, throughout the greater city of Kassel. With major support from Dia Art
Foundation, the project was carried forward under the auspices of the Free
International University (FIU) and took five years to complete, the last tree
having been planted at the opening of Documenta 8 in 1987. Beuys intended the
Kassel project to be the first stage in an ongoing scheme of tree planting to
be extended throughout the world as part of a global mission to effect
environmental and social change; locally, the action was a gesture towards urban
renewal.
Foto
: Joseph Beuys, 7000 Oaks. West 22nd Street between 10th and 11th
Avenues in New York City. Photo: Ken Goebel.
