Gunzi Holmström Finland, b. 1964
Meditating Spruce / Mediterande gran, 2020
Charcoal drawing
50 x 40 cm
The first corona winter I spent a lot of time in the forest. It was a winter without snow, and everything was covered with green moss. It was so beautiful....
The first corona winter I spent a lot of time in the forest. It was a winter without snow, and
everything was covered with green moss. It was so beautiful. I meditated with the trees, and wrote
down the thoughts that came to me. They were about the wonderful cooperation that goes on in
nature, especially that between fungi and trees. Later I read more about the subject; there has
been a lot of interesting research on plant communication in recent years. These forest sessions
resulted in an animation ("Spiritual Life of the Spruce"), a series of drawings, and later a public
artwork called "The Mushroom", which consists of a sculpture and sound installation, creating a
soundscape through impulses from the biosphere underground. The piece is placed in the Art Park
of Cultural Center Hanaholmen.
Sv. Den första koronavintern tillbringade jag mycket tid i skogen. Det var en vinter utan snö, och allt
var täckt med grön mossa. Det var så vackert. Jag mediterade med träden, och skrev ner de
tankar som kom till mig. De handlade om det förunderliga samarbetet som pågår i naturen, särskilt
det mellan svampar och träd. Senare läste jag mera om ämnet; det har kommit mycket intressant
forskning om växternas kommunikation på de senaste åren. Mina sessioner i skogen födde
animationen "Granens andliga liv", en serie teckningar, och senare ett offentligt konstverk som
heter "Svampen". Det består av en skulptur med en ljudinstallation, som skapar en ljudvärld genom
impulser från biosfären under jorden. Verket finns i Kulturcentret Hanaholmens konstpark.