253 concrete, iron and wood structures covered in white paint stand at the place d'Armes of the fort Saint-Jean: "The Forest (Marseille)" is a sculpture by the Portuguese artist Pedro Cabrita Reis, a unique work specially created for the Mucem. Made from industrial materials, this concrete Forest is set in the Mucem’s landscape, between architecture and garden, linking space and horizon in an intimate dialogue. Of varying height (between 140 cm and 190 cm), the 253 structures conjure up anthropomorphic resonances, that are perceptible behind a possible (and necessarily ambiguous) reference to the outline of tree trunks. Are they a group of dead trees? Have they been ravaged by fire? Are they petrified? So long as they are not a group of people? Forests have always inspired a type of fear, similarly moreover to that aroused by gatherings of crowds.
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