A new “living” artwork by Franco-German collective Troika opens at the University of Cambridge, exploring the idea of “ecological simulacra” and how, increasingly, the virtual informs the real. Third Nature (2024) consists of 15 trees planted in a grid pattern typically associated with software plug-ins and material libraries for digital landscape generation. “We were intrigued with how technological tools are shaping the way we perceive, depict, and construct our environment and nature.”