Martina Enevold is a Danish artist educated as a fashion designer at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Enevold holds an MA in Fashion from the Royal College of Art, London.
Enevold’s work, The Trees Declared War (2022) (aluminium mounted on tree, on site outside installation) is represented at Augustenborg Collection. The sculpture is part of a larger project, placing weapon-like structures on trees in various locations of ancient woodland, parks and forests, to allow for personal encounters and interactions for those who may discover them. The weapon is gently wrapped around the tree to serve as protection against potential threats and left there to invite the tree to eventually grow around the object and hold on to the weapon.
Through this work, the artist aims to give agency to the trees, as representatives of nature, and allow them to fight back against the violence performed on them by humans. The artist positions herself as an ally to the trees, against humanity, in a speculative war between species. The goal is not to inflict physical violence, but to use the imagery of violence to pose as a quiet threat, inviting the viewer to consider their own position. The aim of the project is to question assumptions concerning violence, control and ownership over other species as well as the idea of civilised><savage and us><other.