Performance

A paper palm tree with balloons for nuts stands on a lawn. Several longish paper horns are attached to the trunk. Dusk has given way to darkness a long time ago. In the quiet of the night a man appears. With his black hat, black beard and dressed in dark clothes Wanderley Vieira, the maker of this tree, has the demeanour of a man who might do something way out of the ordinary. Blowing the paper horns, he sends moaning tones into the night. Then he sets fire to the tree and keeps blowing those...