Christmas Tree by Damaris Athene
Created by Damaris Athene, the Christmas Tree at art’otel Hoxton is a must-see stop in East London. A sight to behold, the stunning tree will reveal gradient hues from yellow to orange to pink, with small glass domes reflecting the light. Following the style of Athene’s ‘Fruiting_Bodies’ series which images a future hybrid body, exploring the entanglement of humans, animals, plants, fungi, the environment and technology, the artist created a Christmas Tree with colours inspired from the colour gradient on the digital screens in the hotel pool while also referencing the bright colours gradients we often experience in the digital world. The Christmas Tree along with two sculptures sit between human and non-human, digital and physical, organic and synthetic, soft and hard, flesh and rock, painting and sculpture. Kiln-formed glass domes are embedded in airbrushed fabric.