There was a man who made a tree, just so he could chop it down

There was a man who made a tree, just so he could chop it down

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I built a fourteen foot tall tree out of plywood and planted it outside in the Winter. In the Spring, I chopped it down and milled it back into a sheet of plywood, which I then returned to Home Depot in the Summer, in exchange for a paper receipt.

Actors: Christopher Robbins, Steve Roberge, John Baca, Shelly Ross, Rachelle Beaudoin

Location: Providence, RI, USA

Recycling

Comments

Dec 17, 08 Sam:

Excellent!

Dec 19, 08 Anonymous:

Genius!!!

Jan 9, 09 Anonymous:

Excellent! Genius!!!
Not!
What are you saying? Waste material and energy? Cut down trees? Recycle? What?

What a total waste of material and energy!! Art for art's sake, and nothing more.

This tree was not fabricated from a single sheet of 2' x 4' plywood, and I find it highly unlike that your "recovered" plywood was able to be returned in anything other than "damaged" or "resalable" condition.

Completely pointless!

Jan 14, 10 ChristopherRobbins:

"There was a man who made a tree, just so he could chop it down."

(Speak up)

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