Cahors Juin Jardins, Cahors (France), 2016
Site: public park in the old town of Cahors, former medical garden of a monastery. Extension of a line of 4 existing flowerbeds
Material: Iron fence, roots, earth, medical plants Dimensions: 2.3 x 2.3 x 0.8 m
About: Cornelia Konrads, a German artist, practices the art of surprising, of imperceptible movement and ambivalence In Cahors, Cornelia Konrads presents a site-specific installation in a former monastery garden, now a public park. Rooting Garden is a flowerbed in motion, probably trying to escape. Perfectly integrated into its environment, the work nevertheless disturbs the order of the surrounding park design. It looks, as if a clone of a secret garden has sprung up from nowhere, developing exuberant roots and slowly and silently migrating.
“As a site-specific sculptor, the location of my work is crucial,” explains the artist. “The place is not just a background, but a complex texture. The goal is, that my work becomes part of this texture.”
Whether it’s a tree emerging from a wall, the frozen explosion of a stone wall or a table with chairs, made of hanging ivy, Cornelia’s work seems to be in suspense, unstable and fragile; poetic poetic and sometimes comical.
Isabelle Marrou (Direction artistique, Cahors Juin Jardins)