Silvia Weidenbach’s exhibition at the V&A artistically links her very contemporary work using 3D technology with the historic Gilbert Collection and also reinforces the nonsense of Brexit. Silvia is a German artist, who teaches in London and Glasgow and in 2017 was appointed the Gilbert Collection Resident Artist, the Gilbert Collection being a stunning collection of objects made in precious metals, into which Weidenbach’s work fits beautifully with its naturalistic flowing forms.
"The many great gardens of the world, of literature and poetry, of painting and music, of religion and architecture, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of a garden. If you don't want paradise, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don't have a soul."
(Thomas Moore)
To be an architect means having a wide range of interests - architecture, art and creativity in all its variety of forms, sustainability, science and innovation. The greatest interest is often where these different worlds overlap and collide - that is when something imaginative often occurs that pushes us all forward to another place