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This installation examines the preoccupation with replacing nature with fabricated versions of itself, as well as ideas of digital and technological reproduction. By definition, the garden is a construction for our own pleasure and consumption. In re-producing nature, we attempt to possess and feel closer to the pleasures it offers - without having to deal with any of its discomforts.
The title for this exhibition is taken from Jean Genet's novel Our Lady of the Flowers, a passage in which he is referring to a fictional lover. In this quote, the character - Genet himself - is fantasizing about a man with whom he has never had any real contact. He fictionalizes a relationship that seems to draw up emotions that are even more intense than if the relationship was actual. For this project, artist Susy Oliveira hopes to translate the overwhelming sense of wonder and awe that Genet relates in this single sentence into her fictional garden.
Opening reception: January 7, 7:00pm.
