Openfabric's 'Into the Forest' Installations in Mantua Address Climate Change
During the first FAO World Forum on Urban Forest in November 2018, the Rotterdam-based landscape architecture and urban planning studio Openfabric installed three artist-designed installations in public spaces of Mantua, Italy. The project, titled 'Into the Forest,' aims to raise awareness about climate change effects. One installation, 'Fallen Forest,' located in the Chiostro di San Francesco, memorializes trees killed by a cyclone on November 2, 2018. It represents the tropicalization of climate and its consequences, depicting a post-apocalyptic landscape aesthetic of decline and discomfort that is close to reality.
Key facts
- Openfabric is a landscape architecture and urban planning studio based in Rotterdam.
- The installations were placed in public spaces of Mantua, Italy.
- They were created for the first World Forum on Urban Forest by FAO.
- The forum took place in November 2018.
- The project is called 'Into the Forest'.
- 'Fallen Forest' is one of three installations in Mantua's historic center.
- 'Fallen Forest' is located in the Chiostro di San Francesco.
- It memorializes trees victims of the cyclone on November 2, 2018.
Entities
Artists
- Openfabric
Institutions
- FAO
- Artribune
Locations
- Mantua
- Italy
- Rotterdam
- Netherlands
- Chiostro di San Francesco