Generative Landscape — Pareidolia

This work translates a generative digital landscape into a tactile, collectible form, where hermanule paper on jesmonite is framed within a refined timber tray. The surface unfolds like a fragment of terrain: water reshaping the planet, clouds crystallised into haunting faces.

Inspired by Munch’s evocation of an infinite scream passing through nature and Leonardo da Vinci’s visions of pareidolia, the piece captures the moment when abstraction reveals hidden expressions. These spectral impressions remind us of the silent cry of a world in flux — a poetic warning on our times.

By grounding digital visions in material permanence, the work bridges code and craft, simulation and sculpture. The juxtaposition of paper, stone-like composites, and timber situates this piece within Chiara Zaccagnini’s broader practice of sculptural architecture and digital landscapes — where every surface becomes both message and memory.