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Sekvoja vždyzelená „Luna“

Kalifornia/julia hill, pobyt na strome/1997 –1999

Story

Toto je príbeh mladej ženy menom Julia a sekvoje. Julia sa nevedela nečinne prizerať ako drevárska spoločnosť klčuje vzácne stromy, a tak vyliezla na tisícročnú sekvoju menom Luna, aby ju ochránila pred výrubom. V korune stromu zostala dva roky. Za pomoci aktivistov v teréne odolala mrazivému dažďu, silnému vetru a zastrašovaniu zo strany strážcov a drevorubačov. Rozhovory pre médiá poskytovala priamo zo stromu. Na zem zostúpila, až keď spoločnosť súhlasila so záchranou stromu a jeho okolia.

Poem

In December 1997, a woman climbed into a sequoia, a thousand-year-old sequoia, marked to be logged—to make front yard decks back yard decks front yard fences back yard fences chairs The bark of the redwood is so thick, so moist, that the tree can be hollowed out by lighting fire and still survive First winter: wind, storms, El Nino, loggers, wind water slashing branches crashing for 16 hours she endured the storm Second winter: snow and ice, loneliness, on a platform 50m above the ground For two years and eight days — not because we want it all but because all that’s left is so little the difference: endurance the difference: endurance

Performance and singing: Eva Šušková, Marek Kundlák

Mastering: Peter Groll

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