Radical Will

The work draws a parallel between human existence and a severed tree trunk that survives despite having lost most of its body. A tree without a trunk. What remains are its roots—bare, deformed, spread across the ground, ready to move. The roots do not serve as a stabilizing foundation but resemble limbs in a state of alertness, ready to shift, to reposition the tree in space, to search for new soil, water, and life. To ensure its continuity. Here, the root becomes the entire being. The need for survival, but also the weight of memory, even when the upper part has been lost.

The absence of the rest of the trunk above is not merely physical—it is existential. The tree does not rise; it does not claim the sky, foliage, or light. It represents a lack of hope for upward growth, and a conscious turning inward—growth into the depths, focused on an internal function: to endure.

Inside the remaining trunk, a hollow like an open wound serves as a womb for collecting water: it nourishes what is left. In this way, the work emphasizes a cyclical form of life, where the inner becomes a source for the outer, and decay feeds the effort to continue.

A tree that does not grow upward but insists on living. A movement that is not progress, but necessity. A need for redefinition. A hymn to the power of the root—to the memory of existence. To the body's ability to transform, to be nourished by the bare minimum, and to persist through the sheer will to live.

Materials: Polyurethane Foam

Dimensions: 260 (L) x 220 (W) x 150 (H) cm.