FROM TREE TO RHIZOME. FROM PERFORMANCE TO ARTWORK: ON ANTTI LAITINEN’S TREE

As Antti Laitinen cuts down, chops up and assembles his tree, he is not only deconstructing and reconstructing it, but also literally following Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari’s request to stop believing in trees, roots and radicles. Laitinen breaks up the structure of the tree, but as he does not add or subtract anything apart from nails, it still remains a tree. A tree as an artwork. A deconstruction/reconstruction process as a performance. Parallel to an urge to adapt seamlessly to nature, Laitinen approaches nature with respect and care, hence adapting it to his own wishes and needsAntti Laitinen, ki drevo podre, razseka in sestavi, ga ne zgolj dekonstruira in rekonstruira, temveč tudi dobesedno sledi zahtevi Gillesa Deleuza in Félixa Guattarija, da prenehamo verjeti v drevesa, korenine in stranske korenine. Laitinen strukturo drevesa razstavi na dele, ker pa ne doda ali odvzame ničesar razen žebljev, drevo še vedno ostane drevo. Drevo kot umetniško delo. Proces dekonstrukcije/rekonstrukcije kot predstava. Vzporedno z nagonom, da bi se brezšivno uskladil z naravo, Laitinen k naravi pristopa s spoštovanjem in skrbjo ter jo tako prilagodi lastnim željam in potrebam – kot človek to pocne že od nekdaj.