Carnegie International art project seeks legal personhood for a tree
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on January 11, 2023
On a small patch of green on Pittsburgh’s North Side stands a little tree with some big ideas behind it.
The black gum — leafless in winter, and about 10 feet tall — is located on the southern edge of Community College of Allegheny County’s main campus, on a little bluff overlooking Route 65 and Acrisure Stadium.
It was planted last year as the German collective Terra0’s entry in the Carnegie Museum of Art’s prestigious Carnegie International. This living artwork is titled “A tree, a corporation, a person,” and its ambition is just . . .
