Phantom Gardens Fortified Cities (monuments)

Phantom Gardens Fortified Cities is an on-going project which questions the allure of the contemporary public space including malls, parks, squares, and museums through monumental sculpture, landscape architecture and commercial imagery. The method of working involves site surveying these “public spaces” which act as society’s modern day acropolis and main intersections of interaction. The project examines on what lies beneath the surface of the polished veneer; in these fantastic architectural settings; where commercialization and violence coincide with the entanglement of the public/private. The work shows these settings as being masked by a false sense of complete perfection, driven by disillusionment.