Collage by John Vochatzer. Project and collage inspired by "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Hieronymus Bosch.
To learn more about this magnificent painting, click HERE
To learn more about this magnificent painting, click HERE
Come Explore the Garden...
PROJECT DESCRIPTION FOR THE GARDEN OF FERNAL DELIGHTS
Dreams & Divinities creates artist collaborations around a book theme and then exhibits a selection of the work.
From the fertile and Fernal imagination of artist Gromyko Semper, the Fernal universe was born.
The ongoing collaborative creation and documentation of a Garden of Fernal Delights is a collaborative venture and will be the 2015 - 2016 Dreams & Divinity project.
THE GARDEN
The Garden of Fernal Delights is a sublime and paradisiacal place where all the delights of the natural world from the sexual to the surreal, the visionary to the instinctive, are celebrated as fundamental joys of being alive. The Garden is a multi-dimensional place where all is conscious and divinely intelligent from the animal to mineral to vegetable to the etheric. All can communicate, co-create, cooperate. This Garden of Delights knows no violence, no notion of original sin, no hierarchy, no fixed temporal system. Rather it is a place of magic, of play and playfulness. It resides in the Garden of the heart and has no limit to its creativity.
This is our chance to explore a new imaginary world that is collectively co-created, and to try and answer: What does a world with few boundaries and few hang-ups feel like? How would the people live, dress and express themselves? What would their myths be like? How would they communicate? What animals would live here? How would the scenery look like? All this and more...
From the fertile and Fernal imagination of artist Gromyko Semper, the Fernal universe was born.
The ongoing collaborative creation and documentation of a Garden of Fernal Delights is a collaborative venture and will be the 2015 - 2016 Dreams & Divinity project.
THE GARDEN
The Garden of Fernal Delights is a sublime and paradisiacal place where all the delights of the natural world from the sexual to the surreal, the visionary to the instinctive, are celebrated as fundamental joys of being alive. The Garden is a multi-dimensional place where all is conscious and divinely intelligent from the animal to mineral to vegetable to the etheric. All can communicate, co-create, cooperate. This Garden of Delights knows no violence, no notion of original sin, no hierarchy, no fixed temporal system. Rather it is a place of magic, of play and playfulness. It resides in the Garden of the heart and has no limit to its creativity.
This is our chance to explore a new imaginary world that is collectively co-created, and to try and answer: What does a world with few boundaries and few hang-ups feel like? How would the people live, dress and express themselves? What would their myths be like? How would they communicate? What animals would live here? How would the scenery look like? All this and more...
The Encyclopedia of Fernal Affairs
Cataloguing the Garden of Fernal Delights
A Dreams and Divinities book launched May 29th 2015
Book Design & Production: Liba W Stambollion
Fernal Genesis: Gromyko Semper
Written by Liba WS & Bruce Rimell
Curated by Liba WS and Gromyko Semper
Fernal Language: Bruce Rimell
Edited and proofed by Delvin Solkinson, Liba WS and Bruce Rimell
A few pages from the book
Cover Design: Liba WS, Illustration: Michael Hutter,
Back cover painting: Agostino Arrivabene, Front cover painting: Hannah Faith Yata
The Encyclopedia of Fernal Affairs takes on the task of documenting the Garden.
The book is broken up into alphabetical chapters, eg: A for Architecture, B for Botany, C for Culture, D for Dreams, E for Erotica etc. The first page of each chapter is bilingual: English -Fernalese. There are over 110 artists from all the rebel contemporary styles:
Outsider, visionary, low brow, pop surrealism, magic realism and fantastic.
Full colour 245 page hardback book available for shipping in June 2015
to purchase a book click HERE
to purchase a book click HERE
The Encyclopedia of Fernal Affairs is partially bilingual
FERNALESE
Fernalese is a working language developed by artist Bruce Rimell
Fernalese is a working language developed by artist Bruce Rimell
Ferxao - The Fernalese Language
AFER - A Fernalese Film by Bruce Rimell
Launching the Garden with a Costume Ball and Events
On May 29th 2015
Dimensional Holofonic Sound hosted a Fernal Costume Ball
with events including cabaret, music, video projections and live painting.
Dimensional Holofonic Sound hosted a Fernal Costume Ball
with events including cabaret, music, video projections and live painting.
watch the video
Continuum Infinitum by Ben Ridgeway
Continuum Infinitum by Ben Ridgeway
The Book & Exhibit Launch
Bash Contemporary Gallery
launched the Encyclopædia and an exhibit of pieces from the book. They will also host presentations on the language and other conferences.
Schedule of events for the Garden of Fernal Delights posted on the official D&D website
Part 1 of Fernal Artists
Part 2
List of Artists:
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Agostino Arrivabene
Alain Margotton Alex & Allyson Grey Aloria Weaver Amanda Sage Amy Aragon Aron Wiesenfeld Ben Blatt Bette Burgoyne Bienvenido Bones Bañez Jr. Bill Hammond Boris Indrikov Brigid Marlin Bruce Rimell Carey Thompson Carol Prusa Carrie Ann Baade Charles Wish Charlie Immer Cody Seekins Craig LaRotonda Daniel Mirante Daniela Ovtcharov Danny Malbeouf David Heskin |
Dean Fleming
Dengcoy Miel Dexter Sy Dominique Desorges Don Farrell Eli Tiunine Elisa Keir /Crico Baker - The Ether Miners Elisabeth Slettnes El Gato Erich Moffit Ernst Fuchs Frédérique Lemarchand Frédéric Voisin Gabriela Garza Padilla Gaia Orion Gareth Price Graszca Paulska Gromyko Semper Gwyllm Llwydd Hannah Faith Yata Hector Pineda Heidi Taillefer Heishiro Ishino Hugues Gillet |
Iain Whittaker
Irina S. Zaytceva Jade Leyva-Frouge Jeff Wood Jericho Vamenta Joe Macgown John Brockington John Vochatzer Kathi Stutler Schmeider Lara Aleda Laurie Lipton Leeroy New Leslie Ditto Liam Barr Liba Waring Stambollion Linda Ridd Herzog Lucy Hardie Luigi la Speranza Luis Tamani Madeline von Foerster Magi Calhoun Marc Garro Marcel Antonio Marcelo Suaznabar Marcus McAllister |
Martin Wittfooth
Mark Henson Martin Stensaas Martina Hoffmann Matthew Couper Maura Holden Micha Lobi Michael Hutter Michael Page Michel Bassot Michele Hollanes Lua Mike Davis Nicola Verlatto Nobuki Omori Olga Spiegel Onanyati Oyster Pirates Otto Rapp Pascal Ferry Patrick McGrath Muniz Pavel Gulyaev Peter Gric Philip Rubinov Jacobson Regine Kafeder |
Reinhard Schmid
Robert Fronk Robert Steven Connett Robert Venosa Roku Sasaki Sandra Yagi Santiago Caruso Santiago Ribeiro Sarah Zambiasi Sergey Tyukanov Steven Kenny Stuart Griggs Sussanah Martin Tanya Miller Timea Tallian Ton Haring Tricia Cline Vesna Krasnec Vladimir Ovtcharov Wessi Wolfgang Harms Yoann Lossel Zeljko Djurovic Zdzislaw Beksinski |
FERNAL AFFAIRS - NEWS AND UPDATES
We bless the weaving of creativity
We bless the weaving of emerging into being
We bless the weaving of emerging into being
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Previously published: DIVINING THE DREAM
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