CHROMA GARDEN – Luca Mingolla and Gianluca “Jazza” Guerra

✨ We don't feel. We don't choose. We adapt.

The Chroma Garden is not an idyllic place: it is a space where care and decay coexist, where something grows regardless—whether we want it to or not.

Friday, July 3 marks the opening of the Asperastra Innovation Lab’s first artist-in-residence program, the first event in a series that brings artistic practices created using the Lab’s own technologies into the Lab itself. The evening brings together two distinct yet related artistic explorations: the sculpture of Luca Mingolla, who works with clay, 3D printing, and digital imagery, and the music of Jazza, a longtime figure in Trieste’s electronic music scene.

Mingolla’s figures—human or almost human, in states of tension and flux—appear as 3D-printed creatures decorated as if they were porcelain, accompanied by digital images created using generative AI tools. On the audio front, Jazza presents a set in which personal samples intertwine with material generated by the AI software Sumo: a blend of deep house, electronica, and digital experimentation.

📌 The artists’ presentation of the project, offering a direct look at the process and the technologies used.
📌 Luca Mingolla’s works on display in the Lab spaces, ranging from digital sculpture to AI-generated multichromatic effects.
📌 A live DJ set by Jazza, blending original sounds with AI-generated music.

👥 Who is “
” for? – For those who follow contemporary art and research at the intersection of artistic practice and digital technologies
– For those who listen to electronic music and want to experience a set in a setting outside the usual venues
– For those who frequent Asperastra and want to see the Lab transformed by an artistic practice
– For those who are curious about how 3D printing, AI, and sound can work together

🧠 What do participants take away from “
” – A close look at Luca Mingolla’s research, spanning sculpture, AI, and imagery
– A sound experience tailor-made for the Lab’s spaces
– An opportunity to understand how the Lab’s technologies are integrated into actual artistic practice
– The starting point for Asperastra’s new residency program

The works will be on display at the Lab from July 3 to 10, Tuesday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

📍 Asperastra Innovation Lab, Corso Cavour 2/2, Trieste
📅 Friday, July 3, 2026
🕕 6:30 p.m.

🎟 Free event—register at Eventbrite