ANAMORPHOSIS

For the 4th edition of the Festival International des Jardins de la Côte d’Azur, studio audal created Peu importe aux butineurs (Pollinators don’t care), a garden inspired by the theme of its years’ edition ‘surprenantes perspectives’. 

The concept of perspective is about how we see the world through both our eyes and our critical minds. This proposal interprets these two facets. At both ends of the site, in two specific points, the garden invites the visitor to observe and share their viewpoint, their perspective. Through a play of anamorphosis, thanks to pollinator walls, the garden unfolds in two distinct visions: on one side, a meadow with yellow hues and warm colors, on the other side, purple and violet flowers with pastel shades. 

A pair of megaphones facilitates a dialogue between two observers, allowing them to clash, compare, and debate their interpretations of the colors. Finally, when they are ready to put their visions into perspective, they can walk to the center of the garden and discover that things were neither entirely white nor entirely black, or in this case, neither entirely yellow nor entirely purple. This garden aims to highlight human behavior and offer criticism: do we not spend too much time debating our opinions and not enough time taking action? This is where the concept gets its title, because ultimately, whether yellow or purple, it matters little to the pollinators.