On Its Way

Published on

02/02/2021

Keywords

MORE-THAN-HUMAN, REPAIR, HOW WILL WE LIVE TOGETHER

ON ITS
WAY

NEMESTUDIO and the Curatorial Team

With the joy of branching out, the tree^●1 was feeling more tied to the ground than ever before.¹ Not only the air smelled fresh and clean, but the mournful and bitter taste in the soil around her was receding more each day. With curiosity, she bewilderedly began to poke around. There was no other tree but herself on this desolate land,² and she realized that the slight bitterness in the soil had something to do with the two ancient nuclear towers^●2 a little further away.³ Although the damaged soil tormenting her roots was a testament to previous toxicity and suffering, something more hopeful and exhilarating was currently on the horizon. As her leaves started to flourish and her trunk filled with the joy of healing, a new forest was actually on its way.

1
Pine Tree (Pinus sylvestris) is one of the common tree families in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.

2
Inceburun is the northernmost point of Anatolia, which is selected as the second Nuclear Power Station’s location in Turkey. After more than 650 thousand pine trees being cut, the area turned into arid land.

3
In 2020, Sinop Nuclear Power Station was approved with the environmental impact assessment report—the only bureaucratic impediment standing in the way of its construction. It is planned to start operating in 2030, at the latest.

Pine Tree (Pinus sylvestris) is one of the common tree families in the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
Inceburun is the northernmost point of Anatolia, which is selected as the second Nuclear Power Station’s location in Turkey. After more than 650 thousand pine trees being cut, the area turned into arid land.
In 2020, Sinop Nuclear Power Station was approved with the environmental impact assessment report—the only bureaucratic impediment standing in the way of its construction. It is planned to start operating in 2030, at the latest.