This garden is to be situated atop a building. The central element is a mineral sculpture composed of three symmetrical walls forming a cave and a bush pruned into a hemisphere. The visitor is led to a viewpoint along the axis of the sculpture, where the bush is framed by the cave. The distance from this point to the bush will permit the eye to perceive the whole installation at once. In springtime, the bush will blossom, and it will be pruned regularly so that it remains within the framework of the cave. The inside of the cave is to be covered with a bioluminescent moss produced with genetic engineering technology. The moss will emit light via photosynthesis.
The new technologies of genetic engineering have totally shaken our society. The motivation of this work is neither to celebrate the superiorityof human power nor to condemn contemporary science. Humanity is always searching for its origins. Here, the visitor is invited to discover him- or herself in the visual experience made possible through genetic engineering.
During the day, when the moss's luminescence is imperceptible, the bush will become the central figure of this landscape. Its form will be lit by the sun, and it shape will serve to distinguish it from a dark background. After sunset the oppsite happens: the bioluminescent background will be brouken up by the silhouette of the bush, forming a negative figure.
