Anaïs Berck is a research oriented art project. Over the years the project evolved from working with databases about trees towards collaboration with living trees. The following trees are witnesses of this process.
Projects
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2026, Lime Tree, parking lot, Louvain-La-Neuve
I am a Lime Tree, living on the parking lot of the Faculty of Bio-Engineering in Louvain-La-Neuve (BE). From April 2026 till January 2027 I will participate in the artistic research project and installation ‘ROOTS’ (Revealing Opaque Organic and Technological Systems), thanks to the support of UCLouvain Culture.
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2026, Black Walnut, Boitsfort
I am a majestic Black Walnut, protected by humans, living in the garden of GC Wabo in Boitsfort-Bosvoorde (BE). From October 2025 till April 2027 I’m participating in the reflection project Authorrights for Trees, with the support of Vlaamse Overheid - Kunsten.
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2026, Hornbeam, Sonian Forest
I’m a Hornbeam living in a protected part of the Sonian Forest in Brussels (BE). From 2017 till 2025 I collaborated on the creation of the novel Reports from the Forest, launched on 14 June 2026. With the support of Vlaamse Overheid - Kunsten.
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2025, Scott’s Pine, nature reserve De Liereman
I am a Scots Pine living in De Liereman above Antwerp (BE). From October 2024 till October 2025 I participated in the artistic research project and installation Tree Times, thanks to the support of Vlaamse Overheid Kunsten.
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2024, Gatekeeper, Gulden Bodem, Arnhem
I am a Chestnut Tree, 375 years old, living in Gulden Bodem, a city park in Arnhem (NL). Locals call me one of the tree Gatekeepers. From June 2024 till December 2024 I participated in the artistic research project and installation Arnhem Trees Tell, thanks to the support of municipality of Arnhem.
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2024, Beech, Sonian Forest, Brussels
I am a Beech living in the Sonian Forest in Brussels (BE). From April 2024 till October 2024 I participated in the artistic research project and installation ‘Trees Tell’, thanks to the support of Vlaamse Overheid Kunsten.
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2022, Ash, picnic area, Brussels
I am an Ash living in the centre of Brussels (BE). In Autumn 2022 I participated in the artistic research project An Algoliterary Publishing House – Making kin with trees, thanks to the support of FRArt. Find all the details, experiments and thoughts via https://algoliterarypublishing.net/
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2021, Purple Plum, Las Letras, Madrid
I am a Purple Plum living in Calle de las Huertas 45 in the neighbourhood of las Letras in Madrid (ES). In June 2021 I was part of the publication experiment around the algorithm Markov Chain, during a research residency on algoliterary storytelling in Medialab Prado. Realised with the support of Vlaamse Overheid - Kunsten - Digital Culture Residencies. You can generate a publication here: https://algoliterarypublishing.net/paseo-por-arboles-de-madrid.html
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2021, Eucalyptus in Cortázar's short story
I am a Eucalyptus, living in the imaginary world of Julio Cortázar’s short story Fama y Eucalipto, published as part of the short story collection ‘Historias de Cronopios y de Famas’. In 2020 I was part of the publication experiment around the algorithm Levenhstein Distance, realized with the support of Tabakalera in Donostia/San Sebastián (ES). You find the experiment here: https://algoliterarypublishing.net/levenshtein-distance.html