'Whose Woods These Are' was an arboreal music & research project by Natalia Beylis & Eimear Reidy.
The title of the project 'Whose Woods These Are' takes its inspiration from Robert Frost’s poem, 'Stopping by Woods.' The poem entered the public domain on midnight, January 1st and is now owned by us all collectively.
'The woods are lovely, dark and deep.'
Who owns the trees? Who owns the woods? Is it the birds who build homes within the branches? Or the worms who create the nutrients among their roots? Or all creatures whose very lives rely on oxygen that trees create?
Imagine if, like this poem, trees were in the public domain. Imagine no one owned the trees, and instead, we owned them collectively and were their guardians.
We hope that by bringing an audience to the trees, we will encourage people to relish time spent in nature and look after the woodlands.