THE VISIONARY GARDEN – Philippe Fichot

Published by Artware Edition – 1995 – France
21 x 21 cm – 192 pages – hardcover
figure of France’s industrial and electronic underground, Philippe Fichot is best known as the mastermind behind the seminal project Die Form. Yet beyond his sonic experiments, Fichot has cultivated a deeply personal and provocative visual universe—one where the organic and the mechanical, the erotic and the surreal, the sacred and the profane collide in haunting symbiosis.

The Visionary Garden is a journey through this universe: a collection of striking, dreamlike images that blur the line between photography, sculpture, and ritual. Fichot’s lens captures bodies transformed into living tableaux, where flesh merges with metal, botanical textures intertwine with the human form, and light carves out visions that oscillate between desire and decay.

Rooted in the aesthetics of fetishism, transgression, and poetic abstraction, The Visionary Garden reveals a hidden sanctuary—one where beauty is both fragile and subversive, where time seems suspended, and where each image invites the viewer into a world both intimate and otherworldly.