Ine van Son

Installation, in situ devoloped at Vaaggrond 2016/17 in Oerle, Netherlands (www.vaaggrond.nl).

A tree stump, balancing between heaven and earth. Uprooted. Surrounding trees are supportive. Their branches have prevented its downfall until now. A fragile equilibrium, how long can this floating between heaven and earth continue? The downfall is eventually inevitable.

To smoothen the disastrous crash down, a safety net is stretched. Made of crochet lace. With an extremely thin crochet hook and infinite patience by anonymous women hands. How fierce is this gesture…? How strong can this lace net point out to be…?