Libra
Installation at Marmomac “Natural Stone Theater”
2019
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Working on the relationship between the natural and the artificial elements, Libra installation depicts the two faces of the environment where we live, based on a often precarious balance between natural action and human intervention. For this reason, organic and solid geometric forms alternate in the set-up, composing totemic elements with a strong symbolic value in which the heaviness of the lithic element is not denied: on the contrary weight and gravity create balances between the various solids and the different stones . At the center of the installation we find a fountain, a symbolic representation of the indissoluble bond between mankind and nature. Around the fountain a row of totems, positioned in a semicircle, in which various functions alternate: seats, tables, vases, sculptures, all designed for the outdoors. I decided to work with both traditional materials used by Biancocave: the Lecce stone and that of Ostuni. To these I added Carparo stone which, with its more pronounced nuances, emphasizes some of the installation’s elements.