2500 years ago Buddha meditated in the Forest of Uruvela, known today as Bodh Gaya.

500 years ago Leonardo pointed at the effect clouds, fire or walls may have on the imagination.

FOREST OF URUVELA - LOOKING AT NOTHING brings together both : a inconspicous mundane wall in a city abundant with spiritual and philosophical meaning.

While abstraction developed in the West, traditional story telling has been associated with the East as manifested in early examples of the crafts such as tapestry.

Reminiscent of an opaque film strip with its narrative lost in time, the FOREST-OF-URUVELA-CARPETS, thirteen pieces for the time being, will remain unfinished without the viewers' engaging gaze to make sense where there seems to be none.

Burkhard von Harder, 2026