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2026, Lime Tree, parking lot, Louvain-La-Neuve
I am a Lime Tree, living on the parking lot of the Faculty of Bio-Engineering in Louvain-La-Neuve (BE). From April 2026 till January 2027 I will participate in the artistic research project and installation ‘ROOTS’ (Revealing Opaque Organic and Technological Systems), thanks to the support of UCLouvain Culture.
ROOTS proposes to create a locally trained language model (LLM) from scratch, fed with scientific and literary data related to trees. Connected in real time to the sensors installed on my trunk (sap flow, diameter variation), cross-referencing these data with meteorological data, this LLM will become the interpreter of a living plant organism.
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2025, Scott’s Pine, nature reserve Kalmthoutse Heide
I am a Scots Pine living in the Kalmthoutse Heide above Antwerp (BE). From October 2024 till October 2025 I participated in the artistic research project and installation ‘Tree Times’, thanks to the support of Vlaamse Overheid Kunsten.
In this project, the human participants researched our experience of time, in image, text, and data. That idea, and the fact that other Scots Pines are also participating in similar biotopes (the Liereman and National Park Bosland), made me happy to share my data and experiences.
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2024, Beech, Sonian Forest, Brussels
I am a Beech living in the Sonian Forest in Brussels (BE). From April 2024 till October 2024 I participated in the artistic research project and installation ‘Trees Tell’, thanks to the support of Vlaamse Overheid Kunsten.
In this project the human participants wanted the audience to meet us, trees, as you meet a work of art. Using sensors installed in my trunk and branches, ‘Trees Tell’ made visible what otherwise remains hidden from the human eye: the movements of our trunk, the CO2 and water supply, the temperature in the air and at the roots, and the amount of sunlight that helps us in our photosynthesis.