Isabelle Morin: The Cardboard Tree or Confined Nature
Artist Isabelle Morin invites us to a deep reflection on our environment through a radical artwork. Indeed, she designed an anthropogenic tree using only raw cardboard. The shapes of this sculpture are simplified to the maximum. However, this apparent simplicity hides a powerful ecological and political message.
The Memory of Ultra-Processed Wood
First of all, the choice of material is highly symbolic. Unlike Italian artist Mario Merz, who erected a real wooden beam, Isabelle Morin uses cardboard. This medium comes directly from tree fibers. In addition, the artist chose to leave industrial prints visible on the material.
Thus, these inscriptions become visible traces of the transformations and ultra-processings that humans inflict on the plant world. Through this gesture, the artist denounces massive deforestation driven solely by human economic and industrial interests.
The four Seasons cycle facing climate change
Furthermore, this artwork serves as both a celebration and a warning. By walking around the sculpture, the viewer can observe the evolution of the four seasons typical of a temperate European country. Yet, this staging directly questions current climate disruption.
In fact, our regions risk transforming into semi-arid or tropical lands. Consequently, this cardboard tree could eventually become the vestige of a lost nature. The artist then poses an essential question: who will still have access to nature tomorrow?
From Public Sharing to Administrative Exile
Finally, the deepest meaning of the artwork lies in its journey and the locations chosen by the artist. Initially, the tree was exhibited at the Maison de la Culture in Pontault-Combault. Thanks to the action of the local Relais des Assistantes Maternelles, children were able to appropriate the artwork and touch the cardboard. The artificial nature was thus a space of free and lively sharing.
However, Isabelle Morin subsequently moved her sculpture to the top floor of the Château du Bois-la-Croix. This location features a splendid architecture, yet it remains frozen in an endless restoration project. Currently, this space is completely closed and inaccessible to the public for strictly administrative reasons.
In conclusion, this displacement symbolizes a sad reality. A vast part of our environment and heritage remains confined, confiscated from the general public by bureaucracy. The cardboard tree, locked behind closed windows, reminds us that our survival depends on the good health and accessibility of our immediate natural environment.
Isabelle Morin
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Montage de l’oeuvre dans la tour principale du château.
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L’arbre est enfermé au château alors qu’on voit la vraie nature par la fenêtre. Le lieu est inaccessible au public.
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