Eden is exhausted too
Digital drawings, 3D printed resin
Publiek Park 2025 group exhibition at Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium
27/06 – 28/09/2025
Artists: Bianca Baldi, Gabi Dao, Elise El Yousfi, Judith Kakon, Roy Köhnk, Myrthe van der Mark, Office for Joint Administrative Intelligence, Josse Pyl, Isa Schieche & Helen Weber, Jura Shust, Līga Spunde
Curated by:
Publiek Park: Jef Declercq, Koi Persyn, Anna Laganovska, Adriënne van der Werf
Photo by Michiel De Cleene
Placed on both sides of the entrance to the Plant Palace, two banners depict fictional worlds inhabited by mysterious creatures, titled Eden is exhausted too. One of the references for these digital drawings is the work of Hieronymus Bosch, specifically the triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights. Echoing the spatial iconography of an altarpiece, the left and right panels of Bosch’s masterpiece depict the saved and the damned, on each side respectively.
Another key source of inspiration in Līga’s work is the field of cryptozoology, which originated in Belgium with central figures such as Bernard Heuvelmans and Alika Lindbergh. Defined as a pseudoscience and subculture, cryptozoology studies folkloric or extinct animal species whose existence remains disputed or unverified.
The worlds depicted in Spunde’s drawings resonate with the multitude of biomes represented in the vast greenhouse complex, alluding to unidentified and elusive creatures that might dwell within them. Some of these beings appear to have escaped the drawings, dispersed as sculptures across the grounds of Plantentuin Meise. The visitors are invited to discover these creatures on their journey through the botanic garden, following clues encoded in the imagery.
Installation view of Eden is exhausted too. Digital drawings on pvc, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
Installation view of Eden is exhausted too / Paradise. Digital drawings on pvc, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
Detail view of Eden is exhausted too / Paradise. Digital drawings on pvc, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
Eden is exhausted too / Paradise. Digital drawing, 2025
Installation view of Eden is exhausted too / Hell. Digital drawings on pvc, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
Eden is exhausted too / Hell. Digital drawing, 2025
Installation view of Monkey-Butterfly. 3D printed resin, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
Installation view of Eden. 3D resin print, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
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Installation view of Tatzelwurm. 3D resin print, paint, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
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Installation view of Tatzelwurm. 3D resin print, paint, Publiek Park, Plantentuin Meise, Brussels, Belgium, 2025
