Marinus Boezem Shadow tree (1983)

De Shadow tree casts a morning shadow and an evening shadow on a terrazzo surface. The cast shadows of the silhouette of the tree's foliage are light and overlap, suggesting a passage of time. The evening shadow is gray, the morning shadow black. The height difference of the shadows and the elevation of the whole above the square invite you to use it, you can sit on it and provide comments to passers-by. Trees used to have a social function: at three intersections they often formed a meeting point for the local population, who sat on a bench under the shady canopy to read the latest village news. Such a tree was popularly called a lie tree. Boezem abstracted this lie tree into a short trunk. In addition to the tangible components, Boezem also applies elements such as time, light and shadow.