LongHouse Talks: Tucker Marder on Ecological Storytelling (June 15)

Come learn about the origins of the Folly Tree Arboretum located in East Hampton, a living archive of trees dedicated to ecological storytelling. Meet the founder Tucker Marder and the trees that have journeyed into the void of outer space, challenged the boundaries of personhood, and stand as evolutionary subversives, defying the present.

4:00-5:00 PM: Talk at LongHouse (Tickets for talk only $25/$35)
5:00 PM: Head over to Folly Tree Arboretum for a tour and light reception (Tickets for talk & tour $45/55)
751 Springs Fireplace Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937

Tucker Marder is an artist and the founder of the Folly Tree Arboretum, established in 2013 to promote an exuberant environmental ethic through the intersection of art and science. His work has been exhibited at institutions including the National Aviary, Phipps Botanical Garden, and Storefront for Art and Architecture. Marder holds an MFA in Social Practice from Carnegie Mellon University (2016) and has served as an artist-in-residence at the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and SymbioticA at the University of Western Australia. Both Marder and the Folly Tree Arboretum were featured in The New York Times article "The Strangest Trees Grow in East Hampton.”