Eden Allotment

The allotment garden as a place of architectural culture and the green lung of the city? The exhibition presents various perspectives on the significance of allotment gardens in our city and society. Artistic, scientific, architectural, and historical contributions shed light on the underestimated role of allotment gardens and their origins in Saxony.

The title "Allotment Garden Eden" suggests a kind of utopia: the idea of ​​one's own piece of land, which can be cultivated and designed according to one's own wishes, and whose produce one can harvest, promises fulfillment. But what does this say about us and our society? What does it have to do with public and private spheres, possessions and property? Is the allotment garden a mirror of our society – on a miniature scale? The exhibition addresses these questions through three contemporary artistic approaches by Victoria Gentsch, Rojo & Kreß, and Janis Vetter, as well as other contributions. At the same time, it also addresses the aspects from which we can learn on a larger scale from the everyday life and practice of allotment gardening – for our interaction with nature and for building culture, because in allotment gardens many things are put into practice that have so far been wishful thinking on other levels.