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7000 Oaks

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“7000 Oaks (7000 Eichen)” is a historic environmental art project begun in Kassel in 1982 by German contemporary artist Joseph Beuys. It is known as a representative work of “social sculpture” aimed at urban greening and social transformation. Project details: Year begun: 1982 (the international contemporary art exhibition “documenta 7”). Location: Urban Kassel, Germany (subsequently expanded worldwide). Concept: Planting 1 oak sapling together with 1 basalt (black stone) column standing alongside it. Characteristics as art: Citizen participation and economics: Soliciting donations to purchase and plant 1 oak and 1 basalt stone created a mechanism through which citizens and companies could participate in the project. Social sculpture: Beuys advocated the concept that “every human being is an artist,” viewing the process of restoring and constructing relationships between people and the natural environment as one great “sculpture.” Passage of time: By incorporating “time” through growing trees and weathering stones, it made environmental change visible.

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