Garden of Stones
and
a Thousand Flowers
9.4.-21.9.2025
Sense of Time
9.4.-1.6.2025
The Finnish Museum of Horology and Jewellery Kruunu
Ahertajantie 3, Tapiola Espoo
Gardens have inspired us throughout the centuries and appeal to our senses and mind.
Today in a turbulent global context, the garden seems especially important in terms of its utility as well as a place for thoughts about questions that have remained or reappeared.
What can we know?, What should we do?, What can we hope for?
Immanuel Kant's questions reappeared very relevant.
The name of the project Garden of Stones and Thousand Flowers
refers to Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen Garden and a medieval style known as Millefleurs (French mille-fleurs, literally "thousand flowers")
What secrets are hidden in ZenGardens in the East and medieval tapestries in the West? What were the philosophers thinking about in the Greek Gardens? Today we still crave an understanding of the underlying order in the world and yearn to know why we are here and where we came from, concludes Stephen Hawking in A Brief History of Time.
Exhibition Garden of Stones and a Thousand Flowers and satellite Sense of Time exhibition brings together artworks that explores human’ relationship with nature in space and time through the mirror of visual art and jewellery
Installations of the exhibition inspired by the work of Icelandic conceptual artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson.
He often presents found objects, creating new works that investigate ideas of the self and of time. Following the consistency of theme and a common thread of Hulduklettur (Hidden Rock) cardboard boxes of the installations contain objects, photography, drawings and texts to explore. Combined in sequence, they tell stories and invite to interpret artists' works in search of answers to questions.
Garden also can be considering in the sense of a kindergarten - place where children grow and develop. The installation provides the interactive participation of children for study philosophy and art and base for discussions.
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