"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till." - J.R.R. Tolkien This is the most extravagant and beautiful botanical garden that I have seen outside of the splendor of nature. It has recently won an international design award as World Landscape of the Year. It is one of the most expensive botanical gardens ever created. As a designer, I am in awe with what was achieved. The truth is, this garden was created after many years of public funding that began with a Parliamentary act that secured loans and monies at the expense of the tax payers. This garden exists through the theft of many people, who are now struggling financially. This is my dragon to slay, my evil to expose. Architecture, art, and design, have been forever perverted through the access to easy public money. The need that, without secured government funding, art would stagnate, is untrue. Instead of supporting the true diversity of art, those with more money, and better access to politicians have secured the art that they want us to view. This is the enslavement of human expression. The silencing of voices at the hands of the state. The world of design is physically applying beauty to a grotesque evil that distorts our world, and leaves it dependent on stealing from others through force. dezeen/2013/10/06/botanical-garden-in-australia-wins-world-landscape-of-the-year-2013/
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 21:19:20 +0000
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