The Garden of Belonging
Romanian Creative Week, Iași — 14–25 May 2025
Set within the underground galleries of the Metropolitan, The Garden of Belonging unfolded as an immersive environment — a contemporary reimagining of the Garden of Eden through ceramics.
The exhibition brought together an international group of artists whose works moved between the mythological and the tangible, the sacred and the everyday. Organic forms, architectural structures, and symbolic elements coexisted in a landscape where clay transformed into imagined flora, vessels, and hybrid forms.
Within this subterranean setting, materiality became central. Ceramics — earthy, malleable, and enduring — reflected cycles of growth and decay, suggesting both the fragility and persistence of natural and cultural systems. The space held a tension between cultivated and wild, between control and spontaneity.
More than a display of objects, the exhibition functioned as a spatial experience, inviting a slower and more sensory engagement. Through its layered narrative, The Garden of Belonging opened a reflection on the idea of the garden as both utopia and rupture — a place shaped by desire, transformation, and continuous return.
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