My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees

Philip Hinge

At darkzone, New Jersey

March 09 — April 09, 2023

In this chamber lies a dismally forgetful tree. Nothing in the room indicates how long the stuffed, human-sized tree has been bed-ridden. It’s possible the uprooted cruciform is resting, but the air in this softly blue cell is stale and clinical. The tree exists, gazing upwards at the static, sponge-painted clouds. Refusing to blink, large eyes, watery and wide, stare longingly with the anticipation of some discoverable revelation. What could be wished for when decoding the pillowy edges of an immovable sky? Stress creases in this contorted cylindrical torso trace themselves into the folds of bedding, a faint memory of a root system. The tree’s pervasive plight sinks heavily in the warm glow emitted by a large, forward-facing window.

Rafters feel like ribs in a second, darker room. The only opening is obstructed by a large painting of a tree freshly rendered into a stump. Evidence of its many limbs litter what is left of its body. The sensation of cutting the breeze with leafy fingers is getting hard to remember. In the bark, embedded eyes droop solemnly downwards while others look on. The backlit painting illuminates the empty attic with a warm  light. Crossbars divide the image of the somber tree into quadrants, mimicking windowpanes while barricading any exit or entry. How can it begin again? The window is shut and there is no door. With a sigh, when your last leaf has finally fallen, you’ll realize that this place was never your home.
 


darkzone was founded in 2019 in Hinge’s childhood home in New Jersey. When the house was sold in 2021, darkzone vaporized, until March 2023 when it reconstituted in Hinge’s parent’s new home (also in New Jersey).

My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
and when you fall, your landing will be soft unique 72-inch body pillow, bed frame and bedding, dimensions variable 2022
and when you fall, your landing will be soft unique 72-inch body pillow, bed frame and bedding, dimensions variable 2022
and when you fall, your landing will be soft unique 72-inch body pillow, bed frame and bedding, dimensions variable 2022
and when you fall, your landing will be soft unique 72-inch body pillow, bed frame and bedding, dimensions variable 2022
and when you fall, your landing will be soft unique 72-inch body pillow, bed frame and bedding, dimensions variable 2022
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
My Memory Was Wrong About the Trees, Philip Hinge, darkzone, New Jersey
get used to it acrylic on canvas, 60x48 inches 2020
get used to it acrylic on canvas, 60x48 inches 2020
get used to it acrylic on canvas, 60x48 inches 2020
get used to it acrylic on canvas, 60x48 inches 2020

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