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Proiect 412 X 4

Autori/ Şerban Sturdza, arhitect, Virgil Scripcariu, sculptor
În anul 2006 am fost martori la tăierea unei mari livezi de cireşi, în marginea Bucureştiului. Nemaiputând face atunci nimic pentru pomii vii, am recuperat trunchiurile rămase, cu gândul de a le integra unui gest artistic – manifest. Acum 200 de ani trei sferturi din pământurile României erau împădurite. In 1990 mai rămăsese doar o treime. În ultimii 20 de ani a fost distrusă cam a zecea parte din arbori. În Bucureşti, 1 milion de pomi au fost tăiaţi in ultimele două decenii. România trebuie să refacă masivele sale verzi. Legislaţia în vigoare: Art 6, Hot.10 din 25/01/2001: Pentru fiecare pom tăiat în oraş se plantează alţi 4.

Vom reuşi noi să plantăm cei 1648 de pomi? Ne dorim realizarea a câtorva expoziţii manifest în spaţii cheie, cu vizibilitate maximă. Sperăm să trezim astfel conştiinţa publică şi să stimulăm polemic instituţiile de răspundere în direcţia creşterii numărului de arbori în oraş şi a împăduririlor în general. (video)

412 X 4 Project

Authors/ Şerban Sturdza, architect, Virgil Scripcariu, sculptor
In year 2006 we witnessed a large cherry orchard being destroyed on the outskirts of Bucharest. Unable to save the living trees, we collected the abandoned trunks thinking to integrate them into an art manifesto. Two hundred years ago, three quarters of the surface area of Romania was forested. By 1990, only a third remained. In the last twenty years, a tenth of Romania’s remaining forests have been destroyed. In Bucharest, one million trees have been cut down in recent decades. The legislation in vigour (Article 6, Govt. Decision 10/25-01-2001) stipulates that for each tree cut down in an urban zone another four shall be planted.

Will we manage to plant the 1,648 trees? We intend to create a number of exhibition events at key points of maximum visibility around the city. We thereby hope to awaken public awareness and to give a polemical incentive to the public institutions responsible for increasing the number of trees in the urban space and forestation in general. (video)

7 Responses to “412×4”

  • zeidler says:

    Hello-che vatze,

    i am a artist from frankfurt germany-germania.
    I am not a political artist but i ave created my own project of diaolgul romania. It s a intercultural project to save romanian culture in the west and to talk to both sides.
    I am confounded about what happened but in the west it s the same
    practise to make money.
    But i will spend one tree from the west to put it in the urban system of bucuresti, if you wanted tell me.
    It s my own project to put in a context of the dialoge.

    Thank you

  • Virgil says:

    Hello!
    Your tree is more than wellcomed! We decided to give numbers to the trees. So, you will plant the tree number 1! When you plan to come to Bucharest, please let us know, we will find together a good place for it! Thank you!

  • zeidler says:

    I’m happy to hear that.I will use this action as a symbol of my growing projekt of dialog romania.I am glad to implant the tree No.1 with you at a historical place to make it real how important the dialog is.I will come perhaps in summer to visit.
    Can you make with the press like a journal a date for my coming as a artist and send informations to the lokal press?
    Hold me a place free, Virgil.

    multzumesk

    multzumesk

  • Virgil says:

    One thing does not match. Trees can not be plant in summer… So, come in the summer to visit, but in the late autumn to plant. Don’t worry there is place enough :) . Please let us continue details on mail, ok?

  • zeidler says:

    ok.tell me your mailadress.Thank you

  • zeidler says:

    hello,

    i ve writing a lot of time but you do not answer.
    Is something ok. with your e mail adress?

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