Take a tour through the garden with Sven-Ingvar Andersson. Hear the stories behind the garden’s many rooms. Watch the garden change through seasons and years. Follow the ideas that drive the form. View the full-length tour above (20 minutes) or plot your own path through the short episodes below.
Sven-Ingvar Andersson
Brev från min trädgård (2008)
"Brev fra min hønsegård" (1967)
Anne Whiston Spirn
Sven-Ingvar Andersson
Anne Whiston Spirn
Anne Whiston Spirn
John Stearns Moody
Anne Whiston Spirn
Beata Engels Andersson
Patsy Baudoin
Jolene de Verges
Christopher Donnelly
Steen Høyer
Zhao Ma
Lorrie McAllister
Halla Moore
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
MIT Libraries
MIT HASS Fund
Sven-Ingvar Andersson Photographs, Courtesy of MIT Libraries, Beata Engels Andersson, and the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
Anne Whiston Spirn Photographs, Courtesy of the photographer
“Villa capponi, giardino segreto, 08” (2013), by Sailko
“Avenue at Middelharnis” (1689) by Meindert Hobbema, The National Gallery, London
“The Tree House at Pratolino” (1653) by Stefano Della Bella, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Cosimo (2016) by Roger Olmos, published by Logos, Modena, Italy
“Untitled” (1957) by Max Walter Svanberg
"In Smyrna" by Edward Elgar, performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, courtesy of musopen.org, Licensed under CC BC-BY-ND 3.0
“3 Pieces for Clarinet Alone” by Igor Stravinsky, performed by William McColl and Joseph Levine courtesy of The Al Goldstein Collection, Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Marnas Sounds by Anne Whiston Spirn
"Woodpigeon" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"European Robin" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Eurasian Blue Tit" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Pied Flycatcher" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Tree Sparrow" by Patrik Åberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
"Blackbird" by Elias A. Ryberg (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
“sprinkler” by djcosmoore (CC0 1.0)
“Fireplace” by inchadney (CC BY-NC 3.0)
“stonegrind1” by j1987 (CC0 1.0)
“Tying rope” by jaklocke (CC BY 3.0)
“bottle cork in and out...” by kyster (CC BY 3.0)
“house construction” by migell2 (CC BY 3.0)
“Rustling Bushes” by mountain852 (CC BY-NC 3.0)
“Garden Shears” by roulaine (CC BY 3.0)
“Digging1” by yemimoses (CC0 1.0)
WOLF TREE PRODUCTIONS
2017