"The Garden of Resemblances" is an exhibition inspired by the ancient doctrine of signatures, a belief that the visible forms of natural objects reflect their hidden properties, particularly in medicine. While modern science has rejected this notion, its evocative associations provide a rich springboard for artistic imagination. Drawing on Michel Foucault’s concept of the episteme from The Order of Things, the work examines the shifts in knowledge structures from traditional to modern thought.
By transforming the exhibition space into a dreamlike, otherworldly environment, this exhibition features kinetic installations that blurs the boundaries between nature, technology and imagination. The garden serves as an experiential landscape, inviting visitors to wander in the liminal space between the real and the imagined. Integrating the organic with the mechanical and the natural with the artificial, the installation offers a meditative journey through the interplay of historical imagination and contemporary innovation.
Venue address: 12 Oil Street, North Point