YOUR (UN)NATURAL GARDEN
In April 2022 we celebrated the opening of one of our most ambitious immersive projects. Entrusted by artist Adam Schwerner to bring his wild vision into reality, we set to work producing this killer exhibit. Along with creative director Quinlin Messenger of JUST design and the fabrication company Pink Sparrow, we created six fully immersive large-scale installations, seven independent site-specific sculptures, as well as a meta-museum which housed information on the exhibit along with outside student art responding to the installations and concepts. The final result was both a critical and popular smash hit, with an emphasis on accessibility and sustainability.
As guests entered Descanso Gardens’ lush eighty acres of botanical-realness they would follow our seven Snakeway sculptures to the gallery and art space. These multimedia art pieces acted as demarcations for the guest’s travel and to let them know they were on the right track. Soon they would find themselves at the Sturt Haaga Gallery and the historic Boddy House. Here they would explore the six immersive installations and meta-museum: All the Bells, The Uncomfy Room, Zeppelin Mass, Agora, The Boa Room, The Manor Library, and finally the Process and History Room.
More than a feast for the senses, these installations dealt with heavy concepts; personal, scientific, political, cultural, and philosophical. With something for you, your kids, your friend visiting from Kansas, and your friend’s friend’s friend visiting from Katmandu, Your Un(natural) Garden aimed to inspire play, conversation, and collaboration!
Big shout-outs to Darren Ross of Tierra Verde Industries, Chase White of Recycled Movie Sets, and Adi Goodrich of SingSing Studios for hooking us up with the reclaimed, recycled, upcycled, and unused supplies that made this one a hit with the planet as well!
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