(Archive) Felled Tree - Labyrinth of memories

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Beads proliferate over softly shining aluminum in which a tree trunk seems to be preserved. Cut carpets form the bottom of the labyrinth in which Bianca Runge gives nature a voice and denounces our consumer society.

Each aluminum tree trunk is a blank canvas on which Bianca Runge 'paints' with beads, inspired by the colors of old carpets. The beads, chains and shreds of an old wedding dress or second-hand luxury items proliferate like moss and vermin over the tree trunks and form their own patterns, looking for the weak spot to eventually decompose the tree.

The tribes are individual storytellers, silent witnesses of a world in which trees increasingly have to make way for economic interests. Like real trees, they communicate with each other through an invisible network. They are a layered metaphor for the tension between man, nature and the decline of culture. It is an image that Bianca Runge uses to confront the viewer with the impact of industrialization and human activity on our natural environment.