Tiffany Shlain & Ken Goldberg
Ancient Wisdom for a Future Ecology:
Trees, Time & Technology
An expanded version of the Ancient Wisdom exhibition includes twenty-plus artworks.
TREE OF KNOWLEDGE
Tiffany Shlain & Ken Goldberg
Reclaimed eucalyptus
2024
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Sculpture EV 1/5 + 2AP
96” W x 93” H, 63-64” D Depth 3’ one side and 6’4” on other side x 7'8” high x 7’10”wide height includes 2" blocks approximate floor area: 6’x6'
10,000 lbs​​​​
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Framed Print 1/5 + 2AP
70 13/16" x 64 1/16" x 2 1/2”
Inquire on availability and pricing art@tiffanyshlain.com​
From the Biblical story of Adam and Eve to the Bodhi Tree in Buddhism, trees have long been associated with knowledge and enlightenment. Nodding to the value placed on asking questions within Jewish tradition, the artists adopted a massive fallen eucalyptus tree to represent the Tree of Knowledge and etched it with fundamental questions that have inspired our collective pursuit of knowledge.
A mind-bending installation..."
From the Biblical story of Adam and Eve to the Bodhi Tree in Buddhism, trees have long been associated with knowledge and enlightenment. The artists adopted a massive fallen eucalyptus tree to represent the Tree of Knowledge and etched it with fundamental questions that have inspired our collective pursuit of knowledge.
Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg with their sculpture,Tree of Knowledge. The artists used pyrography to burn nearly 200 historical questions that underlie our collective pursuit of knowledge into a 10,000-pound, salvaged Eucalyptus tree section. Questions include: “Do we have free will?” “Is there a grand unified theory of physics?”“Can machines be truly intelligent?” What is the meaning of life?
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Tiffany Shlain
Ken Goldberg
