Apr 2016
Discovery of the ancient “forest”
Apr 2016
An ancient forest
installation featuring world unique 6,500-year-old subfossil oak trees, with each tree dedicated to one participating nation of the Expo 2025. Each tree will be name after “its” nation. With thousands of years of history encrypted within the annual rings of these venerable trees, they will symbolically connect the entire world within one “root system”, one organic entity. As a first-hand witnesses to the time of the formation of the first civilizations, they narrate – year by year – the story of the development of our planet, and along with it the story of the humankind.
“Japanese culture has long been based on the belief that any material, all living creatures – even a pebble along the road – have an inherent life in them. With this in mind, the Expo welcomes the consideration of ‘life’ not just for human beings but also in a broader sense of diverse creations and nature that surround humans.”
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Proud to be first non-Japanese Platinum Partner of Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan
Step into history and the future with the Forest of Civilizations, a one-of-a-kind installation
for Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan:
Forest of Civilizations is a project by:
subfossil.com
Sep 2016
Laboratory test and age confirmation
Sep 2016
Jan 2018
Commencement of treatment and restoration work
Jan 2018
Feb 2021
Selection of pieces for exhibition purposes
Feb 2021
May 2023
Artistic project preparations for Expo 2025 in Osaka
May 2023
Sep 2024
Project’s approval by the International Expo Association
Sep 2024
Dec 2024
Initiation of the project’s registration process for the Guinness World
Records database
Dec 2024
Mar 2025
Installation at Expo 2025
Mar 2025
Apr 2025
Official opening of Expo 2025 & Forest of Civilizations project
Apr 2025
Oct 2025
Official ending of the Expo 2025
Oct 2025
Nov 2025
Project’s deinstallation
Nov 2025
Contact
Tomáš Rothschein
Owner’s Representative
+420 737 343 407
tomas@expo2025forest.com
Kristýna Malinová
International Sales Representative
+420 606 491 386
kristyna@expo2025forest.com
Media coverage
- Czech TV News Projekt Les civilizací míří na Expo 2025 (incl. video)
- CNN Prima News Japonské božstvo nás ušetřilo. Český pavilon na EXPO 2025 je hotov, odhalil kulturní program (incl. video)
- tv.blesk.cz Naprosto unikátní černé duby jsou staré zhruba 6500 let a ležely. Poputují na výstavu do japonské Ósaky. (incl. video)
- seznamzpravy.cz Přes 6000 let ležely pod zemí, teď duby z Poolší míří na Expo
- Moravskoslezský Deník Ostravská firma připravila pro Expo 2025 tahák: 6 000 let staré duby (incl. video)
- Novojičínský deník Vzácný náklad z Mošnova do Ósaky: Na Expo 2025 míří 6000 let staré duby (incl. video)
- Frýdeckomístecký deník Ostravská firma připravila pro Expo 2025 tahák: 6 000 let staré duby( incl. video)
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