In 2009 Daniel Spoerri founded a second trust in Austria. Ever since there has been a museum and a restaurant in the small village of Hadersdorf am Kamp, 60 kilometres north of Vienna. The building has a garden with old fruit tree stock. A cherry tree lifts two mighty branches into the air. Daniel Spoerri imagined them as two outstretched arms and added an appropriate head. The »Cherry Tree Buddha« changes its appearance with the shift of the seasons – corporal when the tree blossoms, generous and sociable when the tree bears fruit and the birds sit in the branches, austere in the winter and aflame in the autumn, with a heightened sense for colour. Nature does its bit and contributes an art work that always looks different.

He also intended the sculpture to be realised in the »Giardino« – as a visible sign of the connection between the two Spoerri foundations. The artist selected a tree with ivy growing over its trunk. That alters the overall impression of the Buddha. They are referred to as an »original in series«. The same bronze cast takes on a different appearance thanks to different natural conditions. The sculpture has a further augmentation – a kind of lace collar – through the addition of two circular saw blades, which provide balance. These were added by Michael Holzberger, who carried out the installation.

From the beginning, Daniel Spoerri has emphasised the importance of working with nature in the »Giardino«. In late 2015 a new botanical focus was introduced. Professor Stefano Mancuso is the director of this research branch and, together with his institute, will use the sculpture park for projects in botanical field research.