How to Build a Forest

"The initial seed of the idea for this piece came from my family’s experience with Hurricane Katrina when 100 trees were uprooted from my grandmother’s property. They all came down in a period of an hour leaving the landscape unrecognizable. The next day, my family was left asking how do we deal with what’s left? And then they just said, okay, let’s start again. Day by day, it’s a process of rebuilding—person to person, house by house, and neighbor to neighbor. Katrina had such a tremendous effect. The trees on my family’s property are just one small example of it." Lisa D'Amour, artist

NCSSM students are invited to view this unusual theatre performance installation at Page Auditorium, Duke University on Saturday October 20th. Visitors should view the installation at two different times during the build to see the changes, for example the forest will be in its earliest stages of growth at 1:00 pm and it wil be fully grown by 6:00 pm. Other events will take place on campus including a participatory art weaving event sponsored by environmental artist Bryant Holsenbeck http://www.bryantholsenbeck.com/ and tours of the Chapel Woods by NCSSM Ecology students. Students must sign up for a space on the bus - departure times are noon and 3:00 - sign up sheet is at Bryan 330.

Read about the experiences had by the NCSSM Ecology students - http://www.ncssm.edu/news/students-see-art-and-science-fuse-performance-...

for more info on the event see http://sites.duke.edu/howtobuildaforest/