my name is Samanea saman, 2023
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textile installation + sound
at the gardens of La Tertulia Museum
and in Casa de Mono
Cali, Colombia
Collaboration with Desiree Kabis, as part of the Cali to Karlsruhe project by Cali and Karlsruhe Creative Cities- UNESCO
curated by Beatrice Zaidenberg
with the support of La Tertulia, the ZKM and the cities of Cali and Karlsruhe
photos by Desiree Kabis
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textile prosthetics attached to the saman tree at the gardens of La Tertulia Museum. the tree speaks its true having been a witness of time and the growth of the surroundings
over the years, the Samán tree has remained in its place and resisted the weather, the seasons, and human decisions. the tree sensed the museum's construction, drastic changes and development of the area and life around it. the tree survived these processes of transformation and memorised all of them. a silent observer, not judging, but observing humans taking over its environment.
often narratives about nature are used as an argument to enforce the gender gap and classify genders and sexualities that deviate from the heteronormative as »unnatural«, while we can point towards many examples of transition and same-sex partnership and reproduction in flora and fauna. the liberation of gender would mean the liberation of norms, expectations and stereotypes. the presented collabo
the Saman tree is 3D scanned and projected as a digital twin in Casa de Mono, allowing visitors to experience the growth and interaction with the tree independently from time and space. recreating a tree with digital and analogue media prompts the question of how the fragile coexistence between trees as the earth’s extensions into the world and humans can be reinstalled and revisited via artistic
through the echoes app, the audience can listen to how the tree speaks thanks to geolocalized sounds.
