Topiary Reflection by LABINAC - Maria Thereza Alves

Water Perceiving a Simple Cone-Shaped Topiary

Human excessive prunings serving only the anthropocentric gaze intervenes in the carefully thought-out sinuous branchings of a tree as they maintain their balance and seek the best resources from the sun and the rain for their growth. But a body of water perceives and re-creates the tree’s joyous celebration of a free self.

About LABINAC – Maria Thereza Alves

LABINAC is a design collective founded in 2018 by the artists Maria Thereza Alves and Jimmie Durham together with Kai- Morten Vollmer, with the dual purpose of designing and making objects (furniture, chandeliers, and other elements of interior design) and supporting the design works of Indigenous peoples in Latin America, of which both artists have been staunch defenders throughout their lives.

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