Over a period of four months, Turowsky closely observes the garden and its gradual transformations, translating them into culinary experiences. Our metabolism plays a decisive role in understanding the world we inhabit; the act of eating is an embodied interaction with the environments that sustain us. Yet, food is also an artistic medium, translating knowledge around preparation techniques, combinations of flavours, textures and nutritional qualities into compositions that address all senses. A dish as a layered blend of synergizing elements and the living artwork Pollinator Pathmaker share a common trait: the importance of time. Planting, growth, and harvest all require patience and careful tending before the elements can be gathered on the table, revealing their essence in a fleeting moment of consumption.

Throughout the summer, Chelsea Turowsky explores the manifold characteristics of the LAS Edition outside the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin – from blooming patterns to changing colour pallets, from growth cycles of plants to the pollinators that feed on them. In this process, she is supported by the curatorial team of LAS Art Foundation, scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and gardening professionals from the Königliche Gartenakademie in Berlin-Dahlem. Based on her observations, Chelsea creates four experimental tasting menus corresponding to four moments manifested in the garden, investigating preparation and conservation techniques that aim to shift away from human-centred forms of perception.

“As a symbol of care, how is the garden a pathway, bringing us closer to something outside of ourselves?

This garden is not for humans, but I have watched the way humans react to it. I am reminded of Sophie Calle’s Voir la mer (2011). Something happens to us when we sit in the garden.

The sounds, the taking of time out in a natural setting – it is the sculpture itself. We think about what the artwork means. We think about our role as humans. Perhaps our problems feel smaller. We are attracted to the garden, much like the pollinators, except unlike the pollinators, we are more existential, unsure of our role. And so we simply sit, all of that energy buzzing inside of us

Blackberry
- Dressing for you, imagining what or who you might resemble

Garlic, asparagus. - As a symbol of: care, thirst, trust, surrender, time

Endive, zucchini, strawberry, habanero - I never told you that- how could you have known?

Corn, daikon, sakura - Assume you are understood

King oyster, poblano - What matters is that working through it deeply satisfies the soul.

Apricot, lavender - The closest, the closest