Return Home - An ode to the trees of Notre-Dame
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I was born in a suburb of Paris and I am still very tuned in to my birth city. When Notre-Dame burned, what touched me the most was to see the old timber - nicknamed "the forest" because each beam was made from a whole tree - go up in smoke.
These oaks were cut down between 1060 and 1220 and were about 300 years old at the time. Knowing that there was a Gallo-Roman temple beneath the cathedral, that it was most-likely built on an even more ancient temple, and that it was a known practice for Romans and Catholics to cut down the sacred oak groves of France, it can be inferred that these oaks came from such a grove. I made this piece as an ode to those trees with the wish that their spirit has been set free and have returned home.
These oaks were cut down between 1060 and 1220 and were about 300 years old at the time. Knowing that there was a Gallo-Roman temple beneath the cathedral, that it was most-likely built on an even more ancient temple, and that it was a known practice for Romans and Catholics to cut down the sacred oak groves of France, it can be inferred that these oaks came from such a grove. I made this piece as an ode to those trees with the wish that their spirit has been set free and have returned home.
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