Matteo Nasini's Zen Garden Installation at Rome's Galleria

Matteo Nasini (Rome, 1976) presents an architectural, sonic, and conceptual installation that merges the idea of a Zen garden with contemporary architecture. The work uses primitive materials like wood and iron, entirely covered in colored wool, as a metaphor for imaginary prehistoric vegetation and cities crowded with skyscrapers. Central to the piece are Dream portraits—possible artifacts of a civilization that may have existed or been dreamed. The sound element is derived from brain activity during sleep, and the artifacts are made following the same brainwave patterns. The space thus merges with time, and both with the dream universe.