A plant a tree and me (2014)
Plants communicate with people, plants react to music,
plants have feelings.
This is the essence of The Secret Life of Plants, a book by
Peter Tompkins and
Christopher Bird, published in 1973. In the end, humans and
plants are closely
related, so it’s not strange that they ‘communicate’ to each
other. Humans seems
to be prevailing in this peculiar relationship. But if you
are standing in the jungle,
between these giant plants, that you also have in your living
room in a 50 cm
version, you feel super-tiny. You feel flabbergasted by the
power, the charisma
and the eternity that carry within them.
About: Desirée Hammen (1976) graduated at Artez Institute of the
Arts in Arnhem,
2003. In 2012 she finished her training at the famous Ecole
Lesage in Paris.
Desirée is ‘master’ in haute couture embroiderie and
combines classic techniques
with her free, autonomous work. Over the last years Desirée
participated in
exhibitions and projects in Amsterdam, Istanbul, Shanghai,
New York and Beijing.
