Janet Laurence’s Residency at MOMENTUM takes place in parallel with her participation in the prestigious IGA show, for which she is creating a public art installation in the form of a garden of medicinal plants. Along with creating the new work for her IGA installation, Janet Laurence will exhibit work at MOMENTUM. Janet Laurence is a leading Australian artist whose multi-disciplinary practice is a direct response to contemporary ecological catastrophes. Laurence creates metaphoric propositions based on scientific knowledge and her own first-hand experience of threatened environments. She sees her role as an artist not as one of didacticism or activism, but as an interpreter of the natural world and the devastation it is facing in the Anthropocene – our current epoch of human-induced environmental change.

Inside the Flower

13 April 2017- 15th October 2017 pm

@ IGA Berlin
 
Inside the Flower (2017), Janet Laurence, IGA Pavillion:

An experiential contemporary medicinal garden that immerses one into the historical, spiritual and mythological relationship with psychotropic plants. The total work forms a living and museological Wunderkammer. Artwork elements form a link between historical folklore and our current use of medicinal plants, all centered around their natural toxicity. These elements within form both a botanical display and a laboratory-like performative space.

IGA Berlin: https://iga-berlin-2017.de/en

The IGA berlin 2017 is a festival celebrating international garden design and green lifestyles in the city. It is a showcase of contemporary garden and landscape design, a place of learning and experimentation, a platform for intercultural dialogue and a laboratory for innovation. Beyond the diverse horticultural exhibitions, the state-owned grün berlin gmbh is using the iga berlin 2017 to initiate pioneering projects and showcase exhibits on sustainable lifestyles. Under the motto ‘an ocean of colours’ it seizes on the diversity and fascinating contradictions in the city of Berlin, surprises visitors with modern ideas and generates new ideas for contemporary garden exhibitions. With the IGA, Berlin is presenting itself to international guests as a sustainable, green city that is setting the course for a pleasant urban future in a cosmopolitan and innovative way.

Views of a Landscape – Art at the IGA:

At the invitation of the iga berlin 2017, internationally renowned artists and creative people have developed location-specific works within a curated process under the direction of Katja Aßmann. they play with our conventional way of seeing things, tell stories, reflect and challenge. they invite guests visiting the iga berlin 2017 to spend time looking and listening closely. the accessible ‘mirror labyrinth’ by the well-known danish artist jeppe hein (dk), the artificial ‘los angeles garden’ by martin kaltwasser (de) and artist gorch wenske’s fairy tale figures ‘brought to life’ by anna rispoli (it) in the gardens of the world will all remain as permanent attractions in the gardens of the world once the exhibition has ended.

IGA also includes temporary artworks by:

Seraphina Lenz (DE), Erik Göngrich (DE), Jeanne von Heeswijk (NL), Janet Laurence (A) and Michael Sailstorfer (DE)