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Garden of Eden — Plastic flowers in glass vases filled with crude oil, on a white pedestal
Plastic flowers in glass vases filled with crude oil, on a white pedestal

11 · 2013

Garden of Eden

Year
2013
Venue
Tent Gallery, Edinburgh
Materials
Crude oil, plastic flowers, glass vases
Dimensions
80 × 120 cm

A visual and olfactory installation considering growth inside neoliberal-capitalist structures — plastic flowers returned to their oil origins.

As a temptation of earthly delights, plastic denotes a utopian ideal of efficiency. The expansive use of the material and substance has a darker dystopian side, which the aesthetic and smell of the oil presents within the installation. Not all is as it seems in the garden of eden.

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Garden of Eden — Close-up of the plastic flowers in crude-oil-filled vases
Close-up of the plastic flowers in crude-oil-filled vases