Jinny Yu, Ki Jun Kim, and Frédéric Pitre
All images by and courtesy of the artists.
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Visitors are invited to enter a submerged maze: a puzzle with various possible routes and dead ends meant to confuse and challenge those who explore. At the same time, the top of the wall of the trenches, which is at ground level, allows for the possibility of deciphering the pathway with an overall view of the route before entering. Upon entering the subterranean world, visitors reach the first level of the substratum of the root system and walk around a network composed of earth and white clover representing the pattern of the roots of two trees linked by fungal mycelium.
The white clover, just as many settlers in Canada, came from Europe and took roots spreading across the North American continent interacting with the ecology of the native soil. S’Y RETROUVER invites visitors to slow down and reflect both on the root system and issues of colonialism.
http://www.internationalgardenfestival.com/s-y-retrouver/
Composed of visual artist Jinny Yu (Ottawa/Berlin), architect Ki Jun Kim (Berlin) and researcher-botanist Frédéric Pitre (Montréal), we are an international multidisciplinary team whose members also have their individual practices. Jinny and Ki Jun are life partners and Frédéric a good friend. We share decolonial and environmental concerns and collaborate by bringing together our expertise, our lived experiences and our different perspectives to produce a meaningful project for the general public.