Mira is a wild garden composed of native plants from the Mediterranean scrubland, thriving without constant human intervention. The garden celebrates biodiversity and natural beauty, while a human element—a perforated white wall—filters the image of the garden, allowing the viewer to focus on the details of the plants and their interactions.
On one side of the wall lies chaos: nature and the complexity of reality; on the other, order: the musealization of that complexity—a line along which a process of knowledge unfolds. The negative cut-outs from the wall fall and become seating for visitors: those landing in the garden are arranged chaotically, while those on the other side are perfectly orthogonal and symmetrical.The installation is a staging of two worlds: one of complexity, and one of human simplification. The variously sized cut-out squares transform this wall into a magnifying lens, enabling different focal depths and guiding the process of cataloging and understanding that humans have always pursued. Order is the form of knowledge through which humanity can replicate chaos.Each frame is accompanied by a caption that, starting from the chaotic images of nature, builds timeless meaning. We too can observe those same images, the same plants, to renew our gaze and find new inspiration. Let us look—Mira!
Monica Torrisi is a young licensed architect, who graduated from the Department of Architecture in Ferrara in 2022 with a thesis in landscape architecture, exploring the concept of infrastructure as a public dimension through the case study of Milazzo, Sicily. She is currently working as an architect at a studio based in Catania.
Giada Straci is a professional architect registered with the Catania Order of Architects and works as a freelancer. Within architectural projects, she deals with a wide range of scales, from urban design to new building construction and interior design, collaborating with architectural firms in the Catania area.
