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modern-day Swiss artistsGerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlingerdesign web site - specific induction that envelop the viewer — epically and delicately . Falling Gardenis a macrocosm in which botanical curios are suspended from the cap of a seventeenth - century church in Venice . It ’s a botanic tableau vivant in three dimension , against a background of richly decorated Italian marble . The opus steep visitors in a charming realness of languorous conceitedness — if a blossom had a mind , this is surely what it would face like . Falling Gardenbecomes the visitant ' collective dream of botanic liturgy and ecclesiastic whimsy .
Photo by : Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger .
The creative person install " Falling Garden " inside San Staë church , on the Grand Canal , at the 50th Venice Biennial . grant to the artists , the church was built as a mausoleum for a 17th - centurydoge(duke ) , who was entombed in the meat , under an arrangement of systema skeletale and a grinning skull . To view the installation , visitor lie on the trading floor , or , as the artist suggest , on the gravestone ’s seam . It ’s the best seat in the house , a planetary house of cascading flowers and cherub carvings . Having thus submitted , the visitant ’s thoughts are gratis to swan , as " the garden think for them . "
To further extend the installation ’s dimensionality , consider the geographic distance it cross : fall Gardenis a appeal of botanical tokens from many unlike places , admit baobab seeds from Australia ; beech , sr. , and magnolia branches from Switzerland , silk bud from Sweden , Apium graveolens dulce roots from Canada , seaweed from South Korea , and credit card berries from India .
come down Gardenis no longer up but it remains inspiring , specially if you plan your ownstring gardens . And keep an centre on theartists’schedule — go see them in Switzerland , or bid them to come to a gallery near you .
All images good manners of the artists Gerda Steiner & Jorg Lenzlinger .
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