Eye

"Eye" is the unfolding of a work/thought/process/image that has been present in my work since its very beggining. It is a recurrent appearence in my imagination and in my ideas, therefore it comes to be many times as works. It is this square that is described by its absence or by the memory of its presence in the given environment at a past moment. A shadow of its passage, the index of its past presence and the proposition of an openness for one to look through.

The latest version of "eye" is made by laser etching on paper. The decision to use this technique is relevant for the reading of the work for it has been written by light. It is light not just revealing matter but modifying it, under the will of the artist but without the presence of the hand. The image is created and materialized electronically. It is an attempt to reduce the noise between idea and execution by avoiding the quantity of chaos and chance in the production of the work, so present in the material realm.

Previous version of "Eye" made with golden spray over wall on the Exhibition "Orizzonti Dell'Uomo". Photo: Daniel Spalato

Laser cutter drawing "Eye"

Video of the laser cutter drawing "Eye"