Berlin-based artist Ana Prvacki has conceived a site-specific performative piece for this year's exhibition, The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth.
The work takes inspiration from the goddess Flora and involves a live trail through Chatsworth's Garden and Park. With particular reference to the Ludi Florales or Games of Flora, the ancient Roman festival that honoured the goddess of flowers, vegetation and fertility, Prvacki leads her viewers into a realm of playfulness and wonder.
Intersections of science, folklore, spirituality, and human connection emerge in Prvacki’s conversations with nature.
Below is the first of a series of four immersive films focusing on her findings on and around Flora.
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Credit: Directed and filmed by Kate Church
About Ana Prvački
Ana Prvački draws inspiration from close observation of nature and contemporary culture. Her interdisciplinary approach encompasses video, augmented reality, sculpture, painting and immersive performances.
Prvački strives to stimulate a sense of wonder and awe in the face of the familiar and the routine, employing materials as diverse as magnets, marble and honey to invoke reflection through humour, pleasure and play.
She has presented her work at numerous international venues, including Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston; and a commissioned work by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra.
Selected group exhibitions include the 13th Gwangju Biennial, Sydney Biennial, Bangkok Arts Biennale, Chicago Architecture Biennial, 14th Istanbul Biennial and dOCUMENTA 13.
About The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth
Flowers in all their forms take centre stage in The Gorgeous Nothings: Flowers at Chatsworth, our 2025 exhibition in the house and garden.
The exhibition features historical and contemporary works of art from the Devonshire Collections, and is supported by key loans from national and international museums, and new artist commissions.
Experience the exhibition on the visitor route in the house and in the garden.
