A Thousand Year Installation

A ritualized bark harvest and cultural tree modification.

Artists
Charisse Baker
A. Traviss Corry

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A. Traviss Corry
Artist Statement
“This is an ancient method of harvesting wood that does not take the life of a tree. My intention with this photographic documentation of this ritual harvest is to bring awareness to this ancient tradition. This bark will be used in my physical artworks. Sechelt, British Columbia Canada, was chosen because of it's giant Red Cedars (Thuja plicata). It has been an epicenter of this practice for thousands of years.“

Charisse Baker
Artist Statement
On her on-going ritual work;
“By evoking all senses but sight, my intent is to create an environment of heightened awareness where connection is facilitated. My performance is intuitive, and reflects that moment of dialog and reciprocity.” On The Sechelt Bark Harvest; “This ritual is for immediate private impact and to create a social ‘ripple effect’. I wanted to appropriate tradition and overlap cultures, connecting people, ecology, history, and place. These healing gestures to the forest, speak of our interdependence, and re-engage a relationship.”

An Example of Cultural Tree Modification compartmentalization and healing of exposed heartwood in a Western Red Cedar (Thuja plicata)
A. Traviss Corry.