Throughout history, gardens often presented desirable environmental qualities missing from the everyday lives of people. In dry climates, they were rich with vegetation and flush with water. In forested areas, they might be primarily a cleared area. In this way, the garden offered an alternative, a form that embodied an aspiration for physical need, or social or metaphysical striving. In Yi Fu Tuan's term - 'Topophilia' - which reflects this effective bond between people and place, he suggests that our perceptions, attitudes and values - who we are - come to be reflected in our environment.

This work explores the dual conflict between the drive towards achieving perfection and the detrimental effects which result from over-consuming in order to do so. What is it about human nature which attracts us to beautiful objects, while we seem to have lost our conscious awareness that this desire might ultimately be destroying us?

"The consummation of this striving for perfection is to reflect a paradise on earth." [Marc Treib 'Sources of Significance: Gardens in Our Time']

This work was made in 2007, so there was no HD back then!