Dear 2050: Entangled Forests at Forum de l'Hôtel de Ville

The group exhibition was created in collaboration with the Plant Ecology Research Lab (PERL) at the EPFL in Lausanne. The research group investigates the ecological processes of adaptation that plants undergo when exposed to climatic stress.

Overview

Forests are the most biodiverse habitats on planet Earth. Covering a third of the land mass of the planet, they are home to more than three quarters of all terrestrial plants and animals. Forests are an entangled network between millions of living beings and sequester vast quantities of carbon, making them essential for biodiversity and the regulation of the global climate.

Dear2050: Entangled Forests presents artistic and scientific projects that focus on forests in a changing climate. The exhibition travels from the last ancient forests in Europe to the deepest Amazon, exploring ghost forests from the past and speculating about future autonomous trees. What can forests tell us about life and death, transience and memory, empathy and identity?

Aljohara Jeje, Bart Ensing, Dor Feldfogel, Eva Lippert, Hannah Grüninger, Hendrik Barth, Krzysztof Wronski, Marie-Anne Lerjen, Marie-Anne Lerjen, Sandra Köstler, Stefania Urist, Maja Renn are among the exhibited artists.