The Garden of Earthly Delights or The Damned Yard

The Garden of Earthly Delights or The Damned Yard

”The Garden of Earthly Delights or The Damned Yard” is a depiction of a dystopia that the world is already rushing towards, facing the first signs of climate change, while catastrophic consequences await humanity in the very near future. While dealing with environmental issues, this project also cuts in harsh social relations.

The triptych “Eco-financial segregation” is based on a narrative about the time after climate change and the coronavirus disaster. These two phenomena are connected as those that are manipulated for the sake of capital and power. In order for human beings to become more resilient or as an excuse to establish a new social order and a permanent genetic change that will make people physically different, they interbreed with animals: the richest with boars; the class that serves the rich with rats; and the poorest class with cockroaches. 

The polluted land is represented by waste, while the part with wheat surrounded by an electric fence and surveillance, points to new social divisions and struggles over the remaining, strictly guarded resources and territories adequate for life. According to Slavoj Žižek, those who are essentially responsible for creating a devastated and polluted world are fleeing from everything bad they have done, living in fenced communities, eating organic products, and spending vacations in nature reserves.

By releasing, as part of the installation, the sounds of nature and the frequency of the Earth, the so-called OM, it is emphasized that the hyper-consumer society, in its last phase, has moved from buying products to buying youth beauty, health, and spirituality.