A reproduction of a flowering cherry tree, true to nature, was intended to remain for a full year on the field between the Hofburg, the Museum of Folk Art, and the State Theatre.¹ Initially, it had amazed many passers-by already; in spring, however, it would attract less attention and only lead to irritation again in autumn at the latest, heightening into the mystical-theatrical in winter, when everything would be covered in snow. Although less celebrated in Tyrol than elsewhere, blossoming fruit trees are a sign of spring here, too. To “freeze” – like a video still, as it were – the few days that a tree bears blossom and extend them into a full year is a poetic metaphor examining the relationship of nature and artificiality – a permanent topic of contemporary debate, particularly in a tourist region.