The Garden - The Present and The Future

MEGA EVENT AND INAUGURAL TRIENNIAL
Presented by ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

The ARoS Art Museum stages its inaugural ARoS Triennial, THE GARDEN – End of Times; Beginning of Times. The theme, explored in 3 iterations, will reflect upon humanity’s depictions and alterations of nature. THE GARDEN will be the largest exhibition staged by the museum and within the city of Aarhus. Spread over several venues around the city, including the two main gallery spaces at the ARoS and along 4 km of coastline surrounding the city, the Triennial will feature work by a range of international artists.

The PRESENT will take place across the city of Aarhus and will focus on current artistic investigations into nature’s status in society and its role in the new global situation characterised by massive demographic changes, diaspora, immigration, and the movement of global capital.

The FUTURE will be presented along 4 km of coast as a series of outdoor installations. It will unravel the new challenges faced by man on the threshold of the anthropocene age, an era that punctures our nostalgic picture of man’s special relationship to nature, with nature as a passive Romantic entity.