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Incursion.org > Archive > M. Behrens Details (forest series) Photographic prints, 120 x 23–32 cm (47.2 x 9–12.6
in) Description These pictures are part of my studies on the structure of man-planted forests. At Torviscosa, an "ideal" fascist workers' city project in northern Italy, trees are planted symmetrically in rows as a plantation of about one hundred square metres. This type of plantation is a modern idea in the very plain area and serves as protection against erosion and as a wind buffer. Going by car through the fields interspersed with these tree patterns, one can observe oscillating vertical lines in the distance. At the Hohemark, situated very close to the Limes (the old border of the Roman Empire) and once a big Celtic settlement, trees have been planted in various reforestation projects, apparently since the Middle Ages. The present shape of the zone is also marked by former German Emperor Wilhelm II's choice of plant species deemed exotic in his time. The trees in the images cannot be viewed when passing by car — their perfect linearity is experienced only from the well-kept sentinels. M. Behrens (language coaching by Walter Hartmann) |