Beauty and utility, aesthetics and the mundane, nature and culture: All of these are combined in the garden created by Peter Fischli and David Weiss in Münster in 1997 in the context of the Sculpture Projects Münster. Akin to a traditional farmer’s garden, vegetables, fruits, flowers and berries grew together in a local, mixed-culture environment, providing visitors with ever-changing images over the course of the seasons.
For their two-channel slide installation Blumenprojektion, Herbst (Flower Projection, Autumn, 1998), Peter Fischli and David Weiss photographed their garden in late summer and simultaneously combined two motifs to create a total of 162 double-exposure slides, which they exhibited via two projectors employing a cross-fading technique. This created an abundance and synchronization that does not exist in nature. The viewer becomes immersed in a sea of colorful blossoms, lush green leaves and overripe fruits; the cinematographic effect creates a maelstrom that is virtually inescapable.
At the Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg, the slide installation encounters the handmade, delicate filigree blossoms and enchanting floral decorations created by the manufactory’s artisans without the use of molds or templates. The results are as unique as the nature that inspires them.
