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Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond

Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond

Nanna Debois Buhl

Humboldt Books

2014

9788899385071

Softcover

34 x 24 x

48 pages

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Concept: Nanna Debois Buhl | Graphic design: Anni’s | Texts: Joanna Banham, Nanna Debois Buhl, Otto Huber, Susanne Stacher A peculiar phenomenon of the Northern Italian city Merano is its large population of palm trees. The majority of the Merano palm trees belong to the species Trachycarpus fortunei, which was brought to Europe from East Asia in the 1830s. The first palms were planted in the city around 1880 as Merano was transforming into a health resort and a tourist destination. With her artists’ book Palm Tree Studies in South Tyrol and Beyond, Nanna Debois Buhl seeks to trace the palm trees’ botanical trajectories and symbolic dimensions. The publication presents Buhl’s research through a collection of materials including conversations with the Merano-based botanist Otto Huber, the design scholar specialized in wallpapers Joanna Banham, and the architect Susanne Stacher specialized in alpine architecture, as well as photos and photograms by the artist, old postcards and touristic posters of Merano, historical and scientific images of palm trees. Through this manifold material, the publication unfolds the “cultural biography” of the palm tree in Merano and elaborates on the incorporation of this exotic element in 19th century design and garden culture in the region and on a larger scale, also creating a link to utopian alpine architecture and its relation to landscape. Published on the occasion of the public art exhibition Art & Nature 2016 Walking With Senses, Merano Spring Festival, Merano, Italy, March 24 – June 5, 2016 Curated by BAU. www.b-a-u.it Zabriskie_deboy_palm_tree_studies_01 Zabriskie_deboy_palm_tree_studies_02 Zabriskie_deboy_palm_tree_studies_03 Zabriskie_deboy_palm_tree_studies_04 Zabriskie_deboy_palm_tree_studies_05
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