NATURA
(THE QUALITY, IDENTITY AND ESSENTIAL CHARACTER OF ALL THINGS)

CO-LAB
(WORKING TOWARDS SHARED GOALS)

IN THE HABIT OF HARMONY AND REFLECTION

NATURA CO-LAB

RESIDES IN THE NEWLY BUILT RAW WOOD AND GLASS STRUCTURE IN THE WATER PAVILLION OF THE NIROX SCULPTURE PARK. ITS REACH EXTENDS TO THE SURROUNDING CULTIVATED AND WILD LANDSCAPES – AMONGST TREES, GRASSLANDS, LAWNS AND WATERWAYS THAT ARE HOME TO THE DIVERSE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE CRADLE OF HUMANKIND; UPON ANCIENT EARTH, UNDER LIMITLESS SKIES.

IN 2019 MANTHE RIBANE DIRECTED ARTE-BOTANICA, A PLATFORM FOR ARTISTS TO COLLABORATE AND CREATE INSTALLATIONS AND PERFORMANCES ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES THROUGHOUT THE NIROX SCULPTURE PARK.. ANNUAL RE-ITERATIONS OF ARTE-BOTANICA HAVE BEEN DEFERRED DUE TO COVID. MEANWHILE THE ENERGY AND ENTHUSIASM OF HER CREATIVE SPIRIT UNFOLDS INTO NATURA CO-LAB, OPENING IN THE SPRING OF 2021.

THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE SCOPE OF NATURA CO-LAB , FROM CAPSULE COLLECTIONS TO WORKSHOPS; EXHIBITIONS TO TALKS; PHOTO STUDIOS TO EPISODES IN NATURE; SILENT MEDITATION TO SOCIABLE GATHERINGS…THE PALLETTE IS RICH AND THE CANVAS IS BLANK…

UNCOVERING THE POETRY OF ALL THINGS, TOWARDS SHARED GOALS AND THE HABIT OF HARMONY AND REFLECTION.