The Gate
A painter once made a garden out of roses that looked like mistakes. The gate is locked. Only a child who can see the beauty in a smudge can open it. Ready?
ENTER
Open the dark studio
Garden map
Look inside the rose
Draw your rose
Step into the garden
Find the five roses
Whisper the haiku
THE DARK STUDIO
The lights go out. Cy hums while he draws. Solve three riddles to find the colour he was hiding.
START
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
YOU LEFT THE DARK STUDIO
You listened to Cy's roses. Now the door creaks open. Take the first number of the Garden's code with you.
THE FIRST NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
DRAW LIKE CY
Grab paper. Scribble your own rose-that-isn't-a-rose. Then tap only the scribbles that feel like Cy's to earn your next number.
START
Uses perfect straight lines
Plans every stroke first
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
Paints the same rose many times
Copies photos exactly
Only uses pencils
A plain vase of roses
Feels stirred up and warm
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
A wallpaper pattern
CORRECT!
A picture of a garden
About smelling flowers
A mistake can become beautiful
All mistakes must be erased
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
CORRECT!
Only perfect things are art
Messy means careless
Art must always be neat
YOU FOUND THE RIGHT SCRIBBLES
Your hand learned Cy's rhythm. Take the second number of the Garden's code.
THE SECOND NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
SPOT THE ROSE
Which one is Cy's rose?
START
THE GARDEN WELCOMES YOU
Your hand found the rhythm. The roses nod. Take the third number of the Garden's code.
THE THIRD NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
THE WHISPERED HAIKU
Listen. Cy is whispering three lines into the wind. Pick the order that makes a haiku sound true — the number it leaves behind is the final key.
START
WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE HAIKU'S RHYTHM?
CORRECT!
LISTEN AGAIN — WHICH SHAPE KEEPS THE BEAT?
CORRECT!
ONE LAST LINE — WHICH SHAPE FINISHES THE HAIKU?
THE GARDEN
The mistakes were the garden all along. Every crooked scribble was a rose. Draw one of yours — and leave it on the wall.
THE fourth NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
You are the Garden.
Your crooked lines and messy marks were roses the whole time. Draw one last rose for Cy. Leave it on the wall.
MPZ · Garden of Wonderful Mistakes
Cándido Baquero
Created on April 20, 2026
Ages 8-10. Escape room based on Cy Twombly, Untitled (Roses), Museum Brandhorst. MPZ Bayern PoC.
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Transcript
The Gate
A painter once made a garden out of roses that looked like mistakes. The gate is locked. Only a child who can see the beauty in a smudge can open it. Ready?
ENTER
Open the dark studio
Garden map
Look inside the rose
Draw your rose
Step into the garden
Find the five roses
Whisper the haiku
THE DARK STUDIO
The lights go out. Cy hums while he draws. Solve three riddles to find the colour he was hiding.
START
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
QUIZ
YOU LEFT THE DARK STUDIO
You listened to Cy's roses. Now the door creaks open. Take the first number of the Garden's code with you.
THE FIRST NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
DRAW LIKE CY
Grab paper. Scribble your own rose-that-isn't-a-rose. Then tap only the scribbles that feel like Cy's to earn your next number.
START
Uses perfect straight lines
Plans every stroke first
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
Paints the same rose many times
Copies photos exactly
Only uses pencils
A plain vase of roses
Feels stirred up and warm
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
A wallpaper pattern
CORRECT!
A picture of a garden
About smelling flowers
A mistake can become beautiful
All mistakes must be erased
You can drag the light to search through the darkness
CORRECT!
Only perfect things are art
Messy means careless
Art must always be neat
YOU FOUND THE RIGHT SCRIBBLES
Your hand learned Cy's rhythm. Take the second number of the Garden's code.
THE SECOND NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
SPOT THE ROSE
Which one is Cy's rose?
START
THE GARDEN WELCOMES YOU
Your hand found the rhythm. The roses nod. Take the third number of the Garden's code.
THE THIRD NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
THE WHISPERED HAIKU
Listen. Cy is whispering three lines into the wind. Pick the order that makes a haiku sound true — the number it leaves behind is the final key.
START
WHAT COMES NEXT IN THE HAIKU'S RHYTHM?
CORRECT!
LISTEN AGAIN — WHICH SHAPE KEEPS THE BEAT?
CORRECT!
ONE LAST LINE — WHICH SHAPE FINISHES THE HAIKU?
THE GARDEN
The mistakes were the garden all along. Every crooked scribble was a rose. Draw one of yours — and leave it on the wall.
THE fourth NUMBER IS:
NEXT
02 Search!
Index
Introduction
03 Correct image
Reward
04 Follow the series
01 Quiz
You are the Garden.
Your crooked lines and messy marks were roses the whole time. Draw one last rose for Cy. Leave it on the wall.