Barbara Gothard's "Hurdles #2" exhibited in CHAPTER TWO, PALM TREES ALSO DIE
Palm Trees Also Die is the second chapter in THE ELEMENTAL's inaugural cycle of exhibitions and curated by Christopher Yggdre. This cycle develops the visual, sensitive and performative writing of a collective, imaginary novel dedicated to the Gaia Hypothesis. According to the hypothesis formulated by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis at the dawn of the 70s, Gaia is the name given to the Earth defined as a living, self-regulating super-organism that maintains a positive balance for life. The first chapter was dedicated to the four fundamental elements. is the subject of the second chapter is the Palm Tree. This exhibition has a strong symbolic dimension, given its desert location. Indeed, the Coachella Valley is the birthplace of the only palm tree endemic to the California deserts: the Washingtonia Filifera, or Máwul in the Cahuilla language. THE ELEMENTAL, a contemporary center for the arts, is a collaboration of Fondation LAccolade Institut de France, Paris, France and Epicenter Projects, Palm Springs, CA.
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