An untold story of the Avocado

- appealing installation
- objects matter
- interactive

Meow Wolf collective, Las Vegas

Sketch here:

Idea

Baitogogo by Henrique Oliveira at Palais de Tokyo

but smaller/thinner branches

avocado plant can grow without soil (but slow+small)

EEG test

THE WIKIPEDIA:
"The avocado (Persea americana) is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to the Americas and was first domesticated by Mesoamerican tribes more than 5,000 years ago"

"Avocados are presently cultivated in the tropical and Mediterranean climates of many countries. Mexico is the world's leading producer of avocados as of 2020, supplying nearly 30% of the global harvest in that year"

"the industrial scale on which the trees are farmed nevertheless makes avocado production a net carbon source, with more than 400 grams (218 liters) of CO2 being emitted per fruit grown. In major production regions like Chile, Mexico and California the water demands of avocado farms place serious strain on local sources."

"The plant was introduced to Spain in 1601, Indonesia around 1750, Mauritius in 1780, Brazil in 1809, the United States mainland in 1825, South Africa and Australia in the late 19th century, and the Ottoman Empire in 1908."

own approach:
- younger generation in the west get closer to the "green" diet -> more avocado consumption
- enviromental problem due to monoculture/mass production

video:
+ the diary of an avocado (fruit) was hatched like an egg in the supermarket in Germany, was bought and now growing into a seedling (the story narator)
+ the avocado talks about its life span, its mother (the tree) is in Mexico where the avocado village is located, it was still a fetus that couldn't speak when they harvested but totally awared of things happening surround it.
+ its mother had been founded a tumor by human, they decided to chop her down to prevent from spreading desease
+ the avocado remembered how mother used to tell it stories how they cultivated the village, how other natives (the forest got chopped down) got killed just to manifest this land as the avocado farm, how they survived drought and the village cried for water,....