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Excursion into Art and Philosophy
Garden of Stones and a Thousand Flowers exhibition includes an interactive section for children. Cardboard boxes contain various objects from the artists' studios that children can explore and touch.
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Installation inspired by work Icelandic conceptual artist Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Hulduklettur. >>
Fridfinnsson 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) installations contain objects, photography and texts to explore. Combined in sequence, they tell stories and invite to interpret artists' works in search of answers to questions.
Key from the Garden
hand casted ceramic key
Veera Kulju.
Find the Pearl
Box
5+
Find the Pearl Box, an interactive work
It is a tactile encounter for hands, which creates a soundtrack of rustling sounds of dry peas. The box contains one pearl that can be found by sorting through the peas.
with referencing to the Sea Bean, Blue Box and Bean Garden by Alison Knowles
Alison Knowles interactive works such as Bean Garden (1971/2016), a tactile encounter for feet that creates a soundtrack for the gallery, as the rustling sounds of dry beans are amplified throughout the space.
The name of the project Garden of Stones and a Thousand Flowers refers to a Japanese rock garden, often called a Zen Garden and a medieval style known as Millefleurs literally "thousand flowers".
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This is a fragment from what may have been a much larger tapestry hanging.
It is a type know as millefleurs
This was a very popular style in the late 15th and early 16th century. Millefleurs were woven in many different centres and workshops in Northern France and Flanders. They often included small animals and birds among the flowers.
Tapestry fragment woven in wool and silk, depicting a unicorn, Flanders, ca.1500 V&A Museum
The installation invites visitors to take part in the creation of the Garden of of Stones and a Thousand Flowers by drawing plants, flowers or the inhabitants of the garden.
"which came first: the chicken or the egg?"
"Where does this world come from?"