NIN Restaurant: A Sustainable Experience in the Heart of Garda
Located within the Belfiore Park Hotel, NIN Restaurant harmoniously blends with environmental sustainability. Here, every element is designed to celebrate and preserve the extraordinary beauty of Lake Garda and its breathtaking landscape.
The design, curated by Studio ABC (architects Barban - Cappellari), is not just an ode to aesthetics, but also to ecological awareness. The space opens up like a natural stage overlooking the lake, where carefully selected materials, prioritizing local and natural resources, combine with modern lines to create an elegant, understated, and warmly welcoming atmosphere. We carefully chose every detail to minimize environmental impact, ensuring an immersive and respectful experience.
NIN Restaurant offers a complete sensory experience, where high cuisine intertwines with the landscape and art, all with a profound respect for the environment. Our commitment to sustainability, from ingredient selection to attention to design, is at the heart of our philosophy and is reflected in every dish and every detail of our space.
Artworks: Echoes of Nature and Sustainable Commitment
At NIN Restaurant, the sensory experience is amplified by a continuous dialogue between high cuisine, landscape, and art. We are proud to host works created specifically for us, which reflect our deep connection with the environment and our philosophy of sustainability. These sculptures and installations are not merely decorations, but living elements that invite reflection on the beauty and fragility of our planet.
- Hetty Laycock: The Poetry of Organic Matter
Hetty Laycock (Cambridge, England, 1997), an artist whose practice spans England, Italy, and China, creates sculptures that capture the dynamic essence of the organic world. Her forms are evocative crystallizations of matter, evoking the movement of wind and water, the delicate formation of ice crystals, and the resilient growth of mosses. Her works, specially commissioned for NIN Restaurant, celebrate life in all its manifestations and remind us of the profound interconnectedness of natural elements.
Wind's Tale:
"Wind's Tale" presents itself as an extended, intricate, and extremely fragile network. This work is a powerful metaphor for the complexity and, at the same time, the precariousness of contemporary ecosystems. With it, Hetty Laycock invites us to reflect on the importance and vulnerability of the natural landscape, urging us to forge new and more conscious "alliances" with it. It is a visual warning of the need for care and respect for the environment around us.
Butterfly Wave
The "natural colonization" of the ceramic surface of "Butterfly Wave" is an extraordinary example of Hetty's collaboration with living matter. This sculpture demonstrates how organic elements can interact with and transform the ceramic medium, elevating the work to a living entity. "Butterfly Wave" undermines the dichotomies between art and nature, between human and non-human, reminding us of the fluidity and interconnectedness of all forms of life.
- Sans Terre (Arianna Niero): Walking on a Borderless Earth
Sans Terre is the artistic project of Arianna Niero (Padua, 1992), who creates forms in delicate harmony with the natural environment, embracing a systemic vision and ecocentric values. Her name, "Sans Terre," evokes H. D. Thoreau's "saunterer" and "the art of saunter" – the art of walking on a land that knows no boundaries, but is a gentle threshold that welcomes people and places. Her works at NIN Restaurant embody this philosophy of openness and harmony with the landscape.
Alqa
"Alqa", a Quechua term that in Andean culture signifies a place of transformation, rupture, and conjunction, materializes in five fragments. The number five, a symbol of water, represents archives of forces with fluid anatomy. These sculptures flow like water and wind, without resisting, but embracing change. "Alqa" invites us to consider the resilience and adaptability of nature, reflecting the continuous cycle of life and transformation.
Anthologia – Colligite Fragmenta
"Anthologia – Colligite Fragmenta" takes its name from the Greek for "collection of flowers" (ἄνϑος "flower" and λέγω "to gather"). In this work, the artist gathers signs, imprints, words, and hopes left as more or less perceptible traces in concave circular forms. The intention is to "hold together" these fragments, so that nothing is lost. It is an ode to collective memory and preservation, a powerful message that resonates with our commitment to preserving the resources and stories of our territory.
