Enrico Vezzi's 'L'ordine immaginario' Explores Human-Nature Crisis at Tenuta Dello Scompiglio

At the Tenuta Dello Scompiglio in Tuscany, Enrico Vezzi (born 1979, San Miniato) presents 'L'ordine immaginario', an installation that intertwines books, newspapers, taxidermied birds, and meteorite-like stones on a reflective water-like surface. The work examines the relationship between humanity and nature, questioning catastrophic events and humanity's lost sense of being in the world. Vezzi's practice centers on nature, collective history, personal memory, and found object collecting, creating works without adding new matter. He draws from 'absolute' texts that act as oracles—books that anticipated historical events. The installation juxtaposes milestones of Western thought with newspaper clippings, revealing correlations between theoretical essence and real events: many predictions are confirmed years later by magazines, while suggested practices remain unadopted. A newspaper announcing Queen Elizabeth II's death sits near Nietzsche's 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra', prompting questions about the crisis of values and the death of symbols like capitalism, privilege, and anthropocentrism. The exhibition invites viewers to pause and recalibrate their path in an era of collapsing certainties.