Artist
Elisa Strinna

Title
The Garden of Banes (My Body is a Plant)

Budget CBK Rotterdam
€ 2.500,00

Request type
Practical Contribution

The Garden of Banes is a site-specific environmental installation inspired by the interaction of certain medicinal plants with the human body. The project has been realized for ParcoCarta, a contemporary Art Park based in Soveria Mannelli, Calabria (IT), created by Industrie Rubettino. The installation is constituted by two sculptures in concrete surrounded by a selection of plants that have historical relation to the persecution of women in Europe during the Inquisition, by being mentioned in the witch trial records, or by being associated with witchcraft from the local community of Soveria Mannelli. These sculptures represent components of the peripheral nervous system, symbolizing the pathways through which the active principle of the plants interact with various human body organs in the healing process.