Leaving an Annual Growth at the Top: Succession illustrates the shift from the archaic to the synthetic by featuring eight discarded Christmas tree trunks locked into the metal cluster, referring to both structures of care and exploitation. The ancient tradition of ritualistic branch cutting is rooted in the connection between ancestors and descendants, where receivers can read the message encoded in a living tree. Inspired by ancient Slavic tree worship practices, the installation metaphorically represents a sacred grove that ancient Slavs would use like a temple to connect to the cosmological nature of the universe.