Foreign Nature

Hidden worlds: a journey between mathematics and magic

In 'Foreign Nature', Julius Horsthuis uses computer-generated fractals to create a universe in which mathematics and art merge, the mundane and the spiritual harmonise, and the boundaries between the organic and the artificial, the macro and the micro, become blurred.

In two acts, the journey takes us through striking industrial and mechanical landscapes - from endless spaceships to imposing church-like structures - to fascinating organic forms reminiscent of extraterrestrial worlds. Mutating plant cathedrals and breathing hybrid hearts reveal familiar motifs that define our existence and our dreams.

A fusion of art, nature and infinity

In two parts, the visitor travels first through mysterious industrial and mechanical landscapes - consisting of endless spaceships moving through space or multi-layered church-like structures - and then through enigmatic organic, extraterrestrial landscapes and forms.

“My kind of art can be compared with the art of a photographer, a cinematographer or a documentary maker, it is showing something that exists, like the fractal exists. I didn’t create it, I didn’t come up with it, I found it. And I’m trying to show that journey of discovery and that is where the creative part comes in.” – Julius Horsthuis

Ben Lukas Boysen's specially composed music adds an exciting, spiritual note.