Nona Inescu's Water Lilies Installation at Pistoia

Romanian artist Nona Inescu (b. 1991, Bucharest) presents a multi-sensory installation at Pistoia, blending sculpture, photography, and video art to explore the interaction between terrestrial and underwater realms. The exhibition centers on water lilies, chosen for their chemical communication abilities, challenging human perceptions of plants as intelligent beings. Inescu elevates them within a physical, biological, and mythological universe inhabited by Sirens, Nymphs, and Naiads. The work references Joseph Paxton's architectural solidity of plants, advocating for a new humanism that rethinks coexistence between anthropogenic and natural spaces. The installation critiques contemporary humanity as the sole disruptor of harmony, looking to past myths and lost spiritual symbiosis with nature.