Arica Hilton
I HEARD AN OAK TREE
2020

About the Item

In 2013, I was asked to curate the poetry for a sound and light installation by Italian artist Marco Nereo Rotelli at Northwestern University. Marco asked me to write a poem about saving trees. And I HEARD AN OAK TREE appeared, I HEARD AN OAK TREE And it was in a garden I heard that sound, With the window open A deep groan, like a bass note (the way you like to sleep) searching for the root. I heard an oak tree lamenting in the breeze, I heard a collision, like hands “I was here before you, pushing aside dirt, rooted, clearing a path for light like you, to pour into the center of the earth. reaching like you.” I heard a chord echoing rumours of sunsets kissing a canopy of trees And strains of rain streaming life into your limbs. I heard the Knowing that we belong to Sameness To earth, to sun, to stars, to mountains, oceans, trees.... Elements forming you, forming me

Creator:
Arica Hilton
Creation Year:
2020
Dimensions:
Height: 28 in (71.12 cm)Width: 24 in (60.96 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Medium:
Mixed Media
Movement & Style:
Abstract
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Chicago, IL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU38837324152
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