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El bombero y artista Marc Sellarès fue testigo de un incendio que acabó con 1293 hectáreas de bosque en Òdena, Cataluña, luego de que una trituradora de paja lanzara una chispa que acabó en uno de los peores siniestros ocurridos en la zona. Sellarès, que se encontraba de vacaciones al momento del desastre, volvió rápidamente a su tierra para combatir el fuego como un voluntario más.
En total, el área quemada abarcó los bosques de Bruc, Castellfollit del Boix, Sant Salvador de Guardiola, Òdena y Castellolí, lo que marcó uno de los mayores incendios registrados en España durante 2015.
Fue durante este año cuando el barcelonés terminó de instalar la última de las cruces que hacen un homenaje al bosque que ahí existió en el pasado. El proyecto se llama
El Bosque de las Cruces, y se enmarca dentro de la disciplina del Land Art. Cada cruz, hecha a partir de los restos quemados, simboliza una de las hectáreas transformadas en cenizas.
Para el artista, las cruces son una manera de expresar el duelo y de transmitir un mensaje poderoso. Cada una de ellas varía en altura; van desde el metro y medio hasta los diez metros. Se espera que el paso del tiempo, las lluvias y los efectos corrosivos del tiempo terminen por hacerlas desaparecer.
Sellarès ha registrado su obra a través de fotografía y video, dejando una documentación viva del arduo trabajo realizado.
{:}{:en}The fireman and artist Marc Sellarès was witness of a fire that ends with 1293 of forest hectares in Òdena, Catalonia, after a grinding machine of grain stalks throw a spark that triggered in one of the worst accidents occurred in the zone. Sellarès, who was on vacations at the moment of the accident came back quickly to his land in order to fight the fire as a volunteer.
Overall, the burned area covered El Bruc, Castellfollit del Boix, Sant Salvador de Guardiola, Òdena and Castellolí, which marked one of the biggest fires registered in Spain during 2015.
An area transformed into a cemetery of 200 crosses made with charred trees set up by firefighters after a wildfire is seen in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, near Igualada on October 6, 2015. A wildfire raging on July 27, 2015 in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia threatened some 1.000 hectares of forest and farm land and forced the evacuation of some 800 people. AFP PHOTO/ JOSEP LAGO
An area transformed into a cemetery of 200 crosses made with charred trees set up by firefighters after a wildfire is seen in Sant Salvador de Guardiola, near Igualada on October 6, 2015. A wildfire raging on July 27, 2015 in Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia threatened some 1.000 hectares of forest and farm land and forced the evacuation of some 800 people. AFP PHOTO/ JOSEP LAGO
It was during that year when the barceloní finished of install the last crosses that do homage to the forest, which was there in the past. The project named
The Forest of Crosses forms part of the Land Art discipline. Each cross, made by burned rests symbolizes one of the hectares transformed in ash.
According to the artist, crosses are a way to express the mourning and transmit a powerful message. Each of them varies in height; it goes from the one and a half meters to ten meters. It is expected that the past of time, rains and corrosive effects of time end to disappearing it. Sellarès has registered his work through the photography and video making a living documentation of the arduous realized work.{:}
