Precious Okoyomon express their art through sculpture, performances, environmental installations and written poetry in order to explore the substance of places and materials, cathartically sublimate memories and impulses, investigate the recesses of intimacy and the individual and collective perceptions of life and death. Blackness, queer identity and migratory experience are the cornerstones of a research with deep personal roots, in which the archetypal figures of the sun, the angel, the earth and plants keep coming back. History and nature are interwoven in the sculptural and installation space, as well as in the artist’s poetic writing, to generate reflections on the past and the present, on the dynamics of violence, slavery and oppression, and on the fate of communities and individuals in the Western world. The processes of decay, collapse, rotting and destruction are often associated with only apparently antithetical ideas of rebirth, resistance and tenderness, in a poetic blend filled with suggestions and echoes. For the 58th October Salon, Okoyomon unfold the most intimate aspects of their research, designing a cherished environment, a sort of secret garden. In this enigmatic space, reminiscent of childhood memories, where plants and flowers grow spontaneously, visitors are invited to leave a trace of one of their own dreams, which will later be transformed by Okoyomon, jointly with the artist and philosopher Bracha Ettinger, within the oral and written saga of a shared dream.