Nature allows us to transcend our immediate context. As the world becomes more technological and AI and the internet create new communities and frontiers, we are drawn to the tactile world. Drawn to things we can touch—the earth, the air, the warmth of another human, a bird on a tree, the squirrel in the park, a garden. Many have turned to nature to escape the stress of the pandemic in the shadow of the climate crisis. Interacting with plants offers beauty, awe, and grounding. A garden transcends its boundaries and is a place where we can understand the world—it puts us in an active dialogue with living matter. The garden is an antidote to a culture in which mind and body, reason and action are separated. And much like art, the garden brings together thinking, feeling, making, and performing. It is fiction, like art. The garden frames a view, creating a microcosm of nature, allowing one to step through the frame into the artwork or a garden to another world.
PS122 2023 Open Call
- Subject Matter: landscape, plants, environment
- Collections: Installations