8 September 2019 marks the opening of FOR FOREST –The Unending Attraction of Nature, a temporary art intervention by Klaus Littmann and Austria's largest public art installation to date. Bringing together art, nature and architecture in anunprecedented way, this monumentalart intervention sees the transformation of Wörthersee football Stadium in Klagenfurt into a native central European forest, withalmost 300 trees, some weighing up to six tons each, carefully installedonthe existing pitch.
FOR FOREST is open daily, free to access and on view until 27 October 2019. Inspired by The Unending Attraction of Nature, a dystopian drawingby Austrian artistand architectMax Peintner (b.1937) that Littmann discovered almostthirty years ago, FOR FOREST finally brings that vision to life. Rallying in support oftoday's most pressing issues on climate change and deforestation, FOR FOREST aims to challenge our perception of nature and question its future.It seeks to become a memorial, reminding us that nature,which we so often take for granted, may someday only be found inspecially designated spaces, as is already the case with animals in zoos.
Overseen by Enea Landscape Architecture, the forest is composed of adiverse range of species such assilver birch, alder, aspen, white willow, hornbeam, field maple and common oak. Once transplanted the forest will take on a life of its own, changingcolours asthe seasonturnsand attract wildlife. Seating up to 30,000 spectators, the surroundings of Wörthersee Stadium will dramatically shape the visitor experience. From 10am until 10pm daily, audiences will experience a unique panorama of trees, day and night, under natural light or by floodlight. Encountering FOR FOREST will trigger a multiplicity of responsesand emotions,and depending on the time of day or night the trees will form an ever-changing landscape.This captivating panoramawillpave the way for a whole new perspective and understanding offorests. After the free art intervention at the stadium ends on 27October 2019,the forest will be carefully replanted on a public sitein close proximity to Wörthersee Stadiumat a scale of 1:1 and remain as aliving‘forest sculpture'. Parallel to this, a pavilion is plannedin order to document the project for the long-term.
FOR FOREST is open daily, free to access and on view until 27 October 2019. Inspired by The Unending Attraction of Nature, a dystopian drawingby Austrian artistand architectMax Peintner (b.1937) that Littmann discovered almostthirty years ago, FOR FOREST finally brings that vision to life. Rallying in support oftoday's most pressing issues on climate change and deforestation, FOR FOREST aims to challenge our perception of nature and question its future.It seeks to become a memorial, reminding us that nature,which we so often take for granted, may someday only be found inspecially designated spaces, as is already the case with animals in zoos.
Overseen by Enea Landscape Architecture, the forest is composed of adiverse range of species such assilver birch, alder, aspen, white willow, hornbeam, field maple and common oak. Once transplanted the forest will take on a life of its own, changingcolours asthe seasonturnsand attract wildlife. Seating up to 30,000 spectators, the surroundings of Wörthersee Stadium will dramatically shape the visitor experience. From 10am until 10pm daily, audiences will experience a unique panorama of trees, day and night, under natural light or by floodlight. Encountering FOR FOREST will trigger a multiplicity of responsesand emotions,and depending on the time of day or night the trees will form an ever-changing landscape.This captivating panoramawillpave the way for a whole new perspective and understanding offorests. After the free art intervention at the stadium ends on 27October 2019,the forest will be carefully replanted on a public sitein close proximity to Wörthersee Stadiumat a scale of 1:1 and remain as aliving‘forest sculpture'. Parallel to this, a pavilion is plannedin order to document the project for the long-term.
