There is a Garden in My Head

Netherlands, 1987. Directors Jacques Verbeek and Karin Wiertz. 4min.

This experimental short film features a female figure whose body is adorned with slide projections of flowers and animals, as if her skin is a living canvas for nature’s patterns. Her naked form becomes a site where fashion and flora merge, with floral motifs projected onto her as both clothing and tattoo. The film’s DIY aesthetic and layered imagery reveal the body itself as a kind of a garden, a place where nature and artificial adornments coexist.

Past screenings

Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature – London
Saturday 31 May 2025, 15:00 | Rio Cinema