Lydia Fine

The grounds of Klaus Rinke’s Los Angeles studio overflow with an otherworldly cactus garden. The cactus—a plant firmly rooted in the horticultural zeitgeist—is a lifelong obsession of the enigmatic artist whose career as a pioneering conceptual artist spans more than 6-decades. Striking footage of the cacti garden reveals a surreal hidden geometry and illuminates the uncanny ways in which cacti and humans express themselves and coexist.

Paul Graviano has molded his life and business around the art and philosophy of bonsai. Evolving a hobby and vast personal collection into a 40-year career growing and shaping miniature trees, Graviano spent time working with legendary bonsai expert Frank Okamura while volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden before founding the Bonsai of Brooklyn in 1976 – one of the oldest businesses in the U.S. dedicated to the Japanese bonsai tradition. Now in his eighties, Graviano reflects on the landscape of memory, and a life deeply influenced by plants.

The grounds of Klaus Rinke’s Los Angeles studio overflow with an otherworldly cactus garden. The cactus—a plant firmly rooted in the horticultural zeitgeist—is a lifelong obsession of the enigmatic artist whose career as a pioneering conceptual artist spans more than 6-decades. Striking footage of the cacti garden reveals a surreal hidden geometry and illuminates the uncanny ways in which cacti and humans express themselves and coexist.

Paul Graviano has molded his life and business around the art and philosophy of bonsai. Evolving a hobby and vast personal collection into a 40-year career growing and shaping miniature trees, Graviano spent time working with legendary bonsai expert Frank Okamura while volunteering at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden before founding the Bonsai of Brooklyn in 1976 – one of the oldest businesses in the U.S. dedicated to the Japanese bonsai tradition. Now in his eighties, Graviano reflects on the landscape of memory, and a life deeply influenced by plants.