My winning design entry for Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP), in celebration of Earth Day in 2009 Installation Art Contest: Juan for Trees (143s)
The basic concept of the design, which is an electronic-tree from discarded computer equipment, is the idea that while we have advanced in knowledge through Information Technology, we are also sapping the very life out of our fragile environment.
The design titled E-Tree of Life/ E-Tree of Knowledge, draws inspiration from the biblical trees, with the thought that the computer as a tree produces fruits of “knowledge” in the form of processed information contained in various storage media, like Compact Discs, but the same tree draws life resources through its roots, in the form of power plugs, from the environment.
The E-Tree of Knowledge/E-Tree of Life hopes to present that to sustain our IT advancement we must not neglect nature but nurture it.
