Freedom

World Graphic Design, 2004, Geoffrey Caban, p64
U.G. Sato, Japan, Poster for an environmental series entitled "freedom", 1993

The tagline on this poster, "Where can nature go?", made me look at this design with the idea that nature is trying to escape mankind - to get away from our destructive interference. I like how the tree's branches evolve into wings and then birds and then fly away taking the roots with it. The slight curvature of the tree enhances the illusion of depth created by the diminishing size of tree pieces. If the tree had been vertical, I don't think there would have been as much suggestion of relocation. A vertical tree would have appeared as more of an ascension to heaven.