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.
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.
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