Created by artist and landscape architect Ah-Yeon Kim, Black Meadow represents a world deprived of life. There are various traditions of making brooms out of reeds and other straw-like grasses across the globe. However, these local heritages of broom-making with natural materials are in danger of disappearing due to the disturbance or destruction of regional ecosystems. A carpet representing an infertile meadow made of these broom grasses will anchor Future School’s Venice campus, spread at the heart of the Korean Pavilion. In this sterile field, Future School participants will begin contemplating the life and death before us and before our planet.
AH-YEON KIM is an artist, landscape architect, and professor at the University of Seoul. She explores various ways to reveal the poetry of landscapes over time and to reconnect nature with culture.