What do stones do in a garden? Maybe they are part of a bench, of a path that connects or of a wall that divides. What do stones do in a forest? They can be fragments of a cave, a shelter for bugs looking for a moment of privacy or a filter for water that crosses a river. What are the stones doing in the city? They are the fragment of a monument, a projectile at a protest or something that gets stuck in a shoe. Observing stones can help us think on other time scales, in dimensions that go beyond us as individuals. At first glance, a stone may seem like a static object, but its formation and movement have shaped the landscapes we inhabit.
Stones, gardens and enchantments is a reflective workshop for exercising contemplation, a space for questioning and rethinking the garden as a mechanism for containing and classifying what we understand by “nature”. We will reflect on the methods we use to observe and how they are reflected in the way we perceive our spaces and gardens. We will carry out some exploration exercises to reunderstand stones and build other forms of “classification”, imagining that stones can also be spells to attract water, to be linked to lunar cycles, stories, esotericism, to learn to observe what, in our opinion, does not move.
Arte Abierto inicia su programa de mediación y comunicación educativa 2022 con una conversación entre la investigadora y escritora Irmgard Emmelhainz y Sebastien Noel de Troika, tomando la exposición No Sound of Water como punto de partida. Abordarán los temas presentes en este proyecto, como el Antropoceno, y harán diferentes lecturas y cuestionamientos (Materialist Realism / Philosophy of Matter / Art as Image).
Irmgard Emmelhainz transmitirá en vivo desde No Sound of Water en Arte Abierto.
