Malin Ståhl: Becoming a Tree
Inside of me there is a wish to Become a Tree, to stand very still and serenely let my my branches wave in the wind. I made my first attempt at Becoming a Tree in 1999 shielding my naked body with the bark of a spruce tree in an old quarry. I try yet and again, pressing my body firmly against nature, burrowing into the ground, reaching at the sky. I made my last attempt a few months ago, strapping bark with gaffa tape to my limbs in order to stand tall, straight and solemn and Become a Tree.
Becoming a Tree: Wood Woman (1999) Becoming a Tree: Bald Clown (2011)
Malin Ståhl: Becoming a Tree
Inside of me there is a wish to Become a Tree, to stand very still and serenely let my my branches wave in the wind. I made my first attempt at Becoming a Tree in 1999 shielding my naked body with the bark of a spruce tree in an old quarry. I try yet and again, pressing my body firmly against nature, burrowing into the ground, reaching at the sky. I made my last attempt a few months ago, strapping bark with gaffa tape to my limbs in order to stand tall, straight and solemn and Become a Tree.
Becoming a Tree: Wood Woman (1999) Becoming a Tree: Bald Clown (2011)