Daniel Martin incites the spectator to question our perception and reality with the exhibition;
The Garden of Cyrus.
WELCOME TO
THE GARDEN OF CYRUS
"I dare to say the exhibition is real. It is just as real as a story in a book, or a dream you had. It is just as real as love, anger, or any other mental state we have that materializes through our actions and thoughts. The Garden of Cyrus is not physical yet, and maybe it does not need to be in order to be ‘real’ and have impact. In my mind I can touch the sculptures, feel them and sense the effect they have on me." - Daniel Martin -
The garden of cyrus is questioning our reality and how it can get distorted by our perception. By using photorealistic imagery and video of non-existing artwork the Garden of Cyrus is spread online making the visitor believe the exhibition is real and taking place in the MACQ museum and Beers London.
The Garden of Cyrus is based on a hermetic text by Sir Thomas Brown which touches upon a pattern revolving around the number five. It was the starting point for the exhibition in which only five colors and five layers based on 17th century garden designs were used to build up the sculpture installations and the collages. By multiplication, scaling, rotation and change of order in the used colors and designs, new forms arose. Daniel was inspired by the natural process of emergence, most easily explained as; The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
