mapping blossom
[documentation to follow]
Mapping Blossom is a project centred around the collective mapping of Cherry Trees in Berlin. The project stemmed from a series of conversations initially instigated throughout 2022. These conversations led to a collective detailed mapping of all cherry trees in Berlin that bloom for a period of 2-3weeks towards the end of April / beginning of May. Updates were made concerning when the trees first appeared in bloom.
The cherry tree has an interesting history after the reunification of Germany. In 1990, the Japanese TV station TV Asahi called its viewers for an unusual fundraiser: 'Sakura Campaign', a campaign to plant cherry trees around Berlin to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall. Around one million euros were donated, and around 10,000 Japanese cherry trees were planted. One notable spot lined a section of the Berlin Wall along the bald death strip that separated "East" and "West", and segregated the former GDR from the western part of Berlin. This section was known to have separated neighbours, families, friends and separated connections between landscapes, between countries. In Japanese folklore the cherry tree symbolise birth, death and beauty.
The Cherry Blossom project can be considered a vessel that explores ideas surrounding our relationship with nature vs built environments and the tender coexistence between humans and their environments. The project unfolded organically born of a shared thirst to experience the beauty of the blossom first hand. It also explores the potential for online organisation driven by a collective longing for nature with a city that seems, at times, at odds with it.
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tbc
Mapping Blossom is a project centred around the collective mapping of Cherry Trees in Berlin. The project stemmed from a series of conversations initially instigated throughout 2022. These conversations led to a collective detailed mapping of all cherry trees in Berlin that bloom for a period of 2-3weeks towards the end of April / beginning of May. Updates were made concerning when the trees first appeared in bloom.
The cherry tree has an interesting history after the reunification of Germany. In 1990, the Japanese TV station TV Asahi called its viewers for an unusual fundraiser: 'Sakura Campaign', a campaign to plant cherry trees around Berlin to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall. Around one million euros were donated, and around 10,000 Japanese cherry trees were planted. One notable spot lined a section of the Berlin Wall along the bald death strip that separated "East" and "West", and segregated the former GDR from the western part of Berlin. This section was known to have separated neighbours, families, friends and separated connections between landscapes, between countries. In Japanese folklore the cherry tree symbolise birth, death and beauty.
The Cherry Blossom project can be considered a vessel that explores ideas surrounding our relationship with nature vs built environments and the tender coexistence between humans and their environments. The project unfolded organically born of a shared thirst to experience the beauty of the blossom first hand. It also explores the potential for online organisation driven by a collective longing for nature with a city that seems, at times, at odds with it.
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tbc