Tree Drag, Alexis Bamforth/EEC

Excerpt showing the beginning of Tree Drag, a performance by Alexis Bamforth, that involved dragging a modified tree from Hackney to Tate Modern. The tree, a mountain ash, was adapted with electronics so via direct input its friction with the world is amplified.

Alexis Bamforth/EEC is a British artist who uses traditional and emerging technologies to explore relationships between the natural world and social and economic systems.

Camera: Millie Harvey, Damon A

Edit: Alexis Bamforth, Millie Harvey

A near living tree was dragged into Central London via the financial district, to Tate Modern where both tree and performer expired. Tree was mounted with electronics to amplify the friction with its environment.