Can't See The Paper For The Trees

Forestal is an art installation on display at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile by Pezo von Ellrichshausen Architects.

Created with 27,5000 sheets of office paper and 120,000 steel staples, it is meant to be a symbolic forest born out of the material created from a real forest.

Upon close inspection, you can see the intention of the architects -- to mimic the look and texture of real bark.

Among the many messages they are asking their audience, they question whether paper justifies the destruction of trees...