ANNA RUBIO (ES) http://www.dansanatura.com I developed the following projects to research and raises awareness of the relationship between art and ecology. All the trees I met. II This work is a continuation of exploration with trees I started in Farrera in 2012 and continued in Java. It was performed during the Apple Think Festival , in collaboration with the musician Ruta Vitkauskaite. An intimate connection can be established between a tree and a person. It’s an example of health, strength, about what life is, and how symbols are hidden in them. From the first day in Aizpute, I was captivated by the trees, and especially with you. Very close to SERDE you welcomed me. Your sensual forms captivate me and, at the same time, I feel you big and strong and full of life. Horizontal branches of sefless beech, stretching majestically drinking in the light. Every day, I witness your daily life. Children going quickly to school, women going shopping, some drunks, some distracted dogs, and the leaves. How many generations wished to climb you! By the second day, I couldn’t resist discovering your body. The diameter of your strong branches makes me feel safe and moving every day for your light relief. I explore you and I see that you are man and woman simultaneously and I like that. Complete, holistic. You excite me, welcome me and swing me. The moss that you nourish, dresses you with a dark and soft green. It’s a dress custom made for you. I'll be another ant again, coming up, a ripe fruit, and now also a lover. Beech - fagus, faig, dižskabārdis... Stairs and Water. This is an improvisation work coming from the ideas of the Amerta Movement. Listening to the place for 22 days and exploring my presence inside its presence. This work was presented on the 26th of September and still in process. I found this place on the second day full of mysticism, wind, trees and water. These stairs remind me of old structures, of access to a temple. As if they wanted to transport me up to the sky and down again toward the lake, reminding me of the circularity of life. Suddenly, I realise how much the water is present in this place, in this town. I feel the moisture on my feet, mouth, in my bones and heart. Nature is so strong, water is so strong! The green invading and gaining ground against grey human constructions. Hopeful smile. Meanwhile, invading new areas of grey, nature begins its slow and patient attack in other places. Like this moss on the stairs and the leaves that are just now falling. Apples I started to work with apples and their symbols in 2014 in Farrera (Catalonia) after being shocked by the strong presence of apples in Aizpute. Apples is a creative investigation to explore the evolution of the uses of this fruit, and imagining new uses. Also, I wish to add value to these beautiful trees in town, its fruits, and from a symbolic perspective, explore the concept of falling.
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