Maria

Location/Event: Kassel/documenta fifteen

Typology: Pavilion

Area: 20 sqm

Status: completed 2022

Materials: Spruce wood

In cooperation with: Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann, BDA Hessen/Group Kassel, ruangrupa/curators ofdocumenta fifteen

The Reflecting Point Maria defines an open place of fellowship, remembrance, and reflection for documenta fifteen. In 1896, a young girl, my great-grandmother Maria, planted this spruce tree in her native Sauerland. Hence the tree’s name, Maria. Sadly, it died of thirst last year due to climate change. The tree Marie lived to the age of 125.

Photo Credit:
© Laurian Ghinitoiu