Suspended Orange Tree, Tel Aviv
Suspended Orange Tree is located in Jaffa, the old town. The orange is a special fruit for Israel. In 1948, when the country first appeared, it was the export of citrus fruit that kept the country’s economy afloat. The trees were planted in egg-shaped pots that hung on ropes between houses.
The sculptor, Ran Morin, claims that his creation looks similar to a humanity that is all about industrialization, is constantly chasing technological progress, and that has actually lost its roots — the connection to nature. We, just like this tree, are still growing from nowhere, and we have no idea where we are headed, losing the ground for the roots. There is a different interpretation of the floating tree: a plant without the soil is a symbol of the roaming of the people of Israel and the difficulties that immigrants have to face.