EDEN – Human Aspect, interactive installation, Wro Biennale for Contemporary Art 1

EDEN – Human Aspect, interactive installation, Wro Biennale for Contemporary Art.

The urban Plane Tree (Platanus) is a hybrid of the European (Platanus Orientalis) and the American (Platanus Occidentalis) trees. Its origins are shrouded in mystery. The main rumor/theory is that it was created by the Spanish botanical team of the royal garden of Aranjuez in Madrid around 1650, and that is why it is called Platanus Hispanica and this Spanish garden that houses these trees was classified as world heritage by UNESCO. Its resistance to pollution and pruning made this tree the perfect city tree. It could also be considered a bio-art work of the Anthropocene, as it contributes for a solution, built by men and trees, to regulate the climate, or to avoid heat.