Tree Hugger Project

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The Tree Hugger Project is an ongoing work of environmental art conceived by the artists Agnieszka Gradzik and Wiktor Szostalo. Installations of the project have occurred in cities across Poland, in England, and in the United States.

The Tree Hugger Project, Installation in Wilkowice, Poland

With the help of participants on site who gather sticks, twigs, vines and other natural materials, the artists fashion together groups of figures literally "hugging" trees. The artist's stated intention is to...

...remind us that we humans are still very much a part of our natural surroundings.

The most recent installation was sponsored by Klub Gaja in Wilkowice, Poland to celebrate International Tree Day.

Installations are currently planned for Europos Sculpture Park in Lithuania and the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art in Isfahan, Iran.[1]