In the Desert of Pharan project, Mater records and observes the city’s rapid evolution, referencing the desert where Mecca was founded, as described in the Scriptures. The artist shows how fragile is the ancient architectural heritage of the city, its geography, and its history, while questioning the city as a symbol of religious power, concentreted exclusively around the Kaaba. The installation Mecca Windows unfolds on the walls of the large exhibition space, revealing a mosaic of shapes and colors, made up a vast quantity of windows: the new Mecca emerging from the earth is a city of globalization, with skyscrapers of glass, bitumen and paths steel. The polar opposite of the ancient city, which now is lost forever.