What The Hell Was This Person Thinking?

This is a mask that keeps a fresh patch of soil pressed to your face in order to force you to smell grass while listening to your own breath through the attached headphones. What the hell are artists thinking lately?

The piece is called “The Open” and was created by Mattia Casalegno who describes the work as something which “plays with the Deleuzian notion of “ritornell” (refrain), and about the quality of sound to define a territory.”

I’ll never truly understand art. [Mattia Casalegno via BoingBoing]