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Katie Holten makes trees speak louder at Grand Concourse

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Do trees speak or whisper? Have you ever heard them complaining about brazen human attitude towards them? If not, Katie Holten wants you to listen to how they bear the imprints of ruin. The occasion is the 100th anniversary of the Grand Concourse, a four and a half mile long boulevard connecting Manhattan to the Northern Bronx. Here, Katie has created the Tree Museum comprising 100 trees. From June 21 onwards, these trees would narrate how the Concourse was constructed and how the early ’30s saw the original trees uprooted and planted at Pelham Bay Park. The video after the jump proves that they can audibly convey the tales of the uncharted past.

What lends speech to these inanimate objects?

Though it seems impractical (it should) even to think of talking trees, it is still impossible to rule them out. Ms. Holten definitely thinks otherwise. She marks out 100 trees with a phone number and a code. Inserting these codes via a given phone number, one can run through the alleys of history or even can take a scientific journey to “the whole ecosystem of the street.“

Check out the video to take the journey:

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Yes, it could never have been possible without the kind of support she got from all. As the NY Times puts it, bookkeepers, professionals, experts and even schoolkids came up with their experiences. Therefore, in a way, Holten’s Tree Museum establishes a connection between the street’s actual past and the apparent reality i.e. the boulevard at present. When it expresses itself, ever, it’s the expression of the obvious. After all, nature never lies.

Image Source: Tree Museum

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