by Sophia Garner and Tabea Marschall

A garden, A fruit, A table
 
Gardens throughout history have been interwoven with notions of beauty, growth, longing and quiet contemplation. In a year of uncertainties, these fruitful grounds are regaining appreciation as one of the few reliable resources amongst ourselves.
 
This year’s garden is an offering, an open invitation, a platform, a table, a common ground to gather, interact and feast. It brings together foods, plants and objects which have been foraged and made throughout this year and sourced from people and places we encountered.
 
For one evening, the Krongarten at the Hinterland Gallery becomes a place of celebration and ever-changing rituals of connecting with others, familiar and unknown. This year’s abundance is assembled into sculptures, which will be eaten together.

about the Krongarten 2020:

Designed and realized by Nives Widauer and Schenker Salvi Weber Architects and hochgerner.
Kindly supported by Obsthof Retter. 

Pomeglobe is a non-profit peace project with an emphasis on intercultural dialogue. It examines the story of the pomegranate in different cultures in order to establish the fruit as a symbol for non-violent communication: Show interculturality – spread peace.

POMEGLOBE

Because of its unique form, color and inner nature the pomegranate is a symbol of love, fertility. wisdom, beauty and might and plays a significant role in many religions, kitchens and mythologies worldwide. This, as well as the fact that the pomegranate has its origins in Mesopotamia and spread over the whole world, renders the globalized fruit the ideal emblem to enable and sustain communication between people with different opinions all over the planet.

In order to create public awareness persons of public life will be asked to make their public appearances together with a pomegranate. Moreover, Austrian and Viennese media and press will be contacted engulfing possibilities of cooperation to integrate the pomegranate in their articles. Moreover, social media will be asked to cooperate and provide a pomegranate Emoticon for everyone to download and use.

In times of the corona crisis, which means lockdown and separation in many countries, the awareness and promul- gation of intercultural values is more important than ever. The aim of the project is the establishment of the pome- granate as a symbol for peaceful communication which is accepted and used in every corner of the world.

Grab your pomegranate and spread the idea!