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HEEM series are interventions on living trees and on barks of cut wood. The intervention involves plastering and sanding the bark
to approximately 1 to 3 mm to a smooth white and woody surface that displays the growth pattern of the tree. Sealed with waterborne,
environment friendly lacquer, this doesn’t affect the health of the particular tree.
Perhaps even to the contrary, the tree could benefit from the gypsum and lime as fertilizers and the vibration of the sanding machine
while working on the bark could stimulate the tree's water flow like a massage.
The white surface could also help to keep the cambium cool in summer by reflecting sunlight.
Based on Vitruv's original hut, Casa Romuli and his theory of the origin of architecture, as living sculpture.
CasaRomuli
Heem - Casa Romuli
Plastered and sanded maple tree on the premises of the former pleasure garden of Villeroy & Boch in Dresden during Ipihan #12 at Geh8 (tree is not damaged or injured during the process)
Casa Romuli (first of the Heem serie)
Plastered and sanded maple tree on the premises of the former pleasure garden of Villeroy & Boch in Dresden during Ipihan #12 at Geh8 (tree is not damaged or injured during the process)
Casa Romuli close up
Plastered and sanded maple tree on the premises of the former pleasure garden of Villeroy & Boch in Dresden during Ipihan #12 at Geh8 (tree is not damaged or injured during the process)
Casa Romuli plaque
Heem - Casa Romuli close up
Plastered and sanded maple tree on the premises of the former pleasure garden of Villeroy & Boch in Dresden during Ipihan #12 at Geh8 (tree is not damaged or injured during the process)
Heem - Casa Romuli
Plastered and sanded maple tree on the premises of the former pleasure garden of Villeroy & Boch in Dresden during Ipihan #12 at Geh8 (tree is not damaged or injured during the process)
Casa Romuli 3D model (scan Elwin van der Hoek)
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Heem series (arbor cutis populus)
bark of poplar negro Van Eeghenstraat Amsterdam, plaster, lacquer, 84x32cm
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023
photo Harry Cock
detail Heem (arbor cutis populus)
bark of poplar negro Van Eeghenstraat Amsterdam, plaster, lacquer,
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023
Heem series (arbor cutis populus) bark of poplar negro Van Eeghenstraat Amsterdam, plaster, lacquer, 84x32cm
back: AR Model Heem Casa Romuli
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023 photo Harry Cock
Heem (crura)
2 branches of cork oak, plaster, lacquer 2 parts 110x12cm 2023
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023
photo Harry Cock
Heem (crura) 2 branches of cork oak, plaster, lacquer 2 parts 110x12cm 2023
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023 photo Harry Cock
Heem (torso) Bark of a Pennsylvanian Ash, plaster, lacquer 55x35x12cm
part solo Anaesthesia exhibition Campis Assen, 2023
photo Harry Cock
Heem (Casa Romuli) exhibition IF PARADISE IS HALF AS NICE #12
Geh8 artspace
Alter Leipziger Bahnhof, Dresden
Photo Ad Hoogendoorn
Heem (Casa Romuli) exhibition IF PARADISE IS HALF AS NICE #12
Making of Heem (Casa Romuli)
Alter Leipziger Bahnhof/Lustgarten VIllery & Boch
Making of Heem (Casa Romuli)
photo Esther Kokmeijer