Artwork title : IM36

My artistic research, using local natural materials such as soil and stone, is focused on the synergy between human and nature. Every project I do is conceived to convey the traditions and culture of explored places and how they delve with their habitat.

IM36, from Hiera Series, is one of the pieces created during my stay at Vulcano, Aeolian Islands.

Da lontano spaventa, incuriosisce, e richiama col canto della sirena. Lei, un’entità differente ma al contempo sorella. Ognuna presenta i segni del tempo, erose, tutte in egual modo. Perché si uniche, ma facenti parte di un sistema. Ad avvicinarsi il canto diventa sempre più forte, e il tornar indietro ancor più arduo. Una sinestesia vi avvolge, e la sua essenza si rivela.

Dalle sue viscere fino alla sua estremità, l’uomo la percorre ma rispettoso la lascia dormiente. Trova rifugio ai suoi piedi, Clemente e impaurito.

Ogni singola anima sepolta viene percepita, si fonde con lei e la alimenta, fortificando il legame. Un ciclo continuo ed eterno di vita e morte, il motore ancestrale che muove il cosmo.

Nella speranza che la sinergia creata non venga spezzata. 

From afar She frightens, intrigues, and attracts with siren song. She, a different entity but at the same time sister. Each shows signs of age, eroded, all equally. Because they are unique, but part of a system.

As you get closer, the song becomes louder and harder, and the turning back even steep. A synesthesia envelops you, and its essence revealed.

From its bowels to its extremity, human wanders through her but respectfully leaves she asleep. At her feet, clement and fearful, he finds shelter.

Every single buried soul is perceived, merges with her and feeds her, fortifying the bond. A continuous and eternal cycle of life and death, the ancestral engine which moves the cosmos.

In the hope that the synergy created will not be broken.