Inspired by the Grandfather time Paradox the environmental installation consists of a large silk-screen printed rug from a digital collage and seven platforms with neodymium spheres in electromagnetic levitation.
The work combines references to Renaissance iconography and contemporary scientific research, in a journey through time from the past of Italian and European cultural identity to the future and futuristic prospects offered by the experimental apparatus of particle physics, space expeditions and latest generation IT based on quantum computing.
The horizontal, immersive painting takes over the whole environment. Depicting seven black holes, in the centre hand-sculpted, mirror-polished neodymium balls hover in an electromagnetic field, reflecting and absorbing the surrounding information.
The Grandmother Platform teleports the visitor into the immense space between: [1a] the pottery of Andrea della Robbia (Saint Michael the Archangel, c. 1475), a component of the CERN – European Organization for Nuclear Research particle accelerator (ATLAS LS2 Muon wheel, 2019); [1b] the Orion Spacecraft (NASA, 2014) , the sculpture of Benvenuto Cellini (Perseus with the Head of Medusa, 1545-1554); [1c] the bronze door by Lorenzo Ghiberti (Gate of Paradise, Baptistery of Saint John, Florence, 1452) , the salt cellar by Benvenuto Cellini (Salt Cellar of King Francis I of France, 1540-1543), the ESA – European Space Agency & European Union satellites (Galileo Satellites Network, 2003); [1d] the sculpture of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Pietà, 1498-1499), the ESA mission (Rosetta Mission 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 2016); [1e] the Space X (Crew Dragon, 2019); [1f] the NASA & Google Team processor (512-qubit D-Wave Quantum Computer, 2013), the sculpture of Andrea del Verrocchio (David, 1473-1475); [1g] a prehistoric artefact (Nebra Sky Disk, Bronze Age) and ESA experiment (Integral, 2002).
Silkscreen-printed rug from digital collage, platforms in varnished MDF, black crystal, electromagnetic levitation field, hand-sculpted, mirror-polished neodymium ball, environmental dimensions. / PH Credit: Michele Alberto Sereni & Luca Pozzi
Hyperinascimento, 2021.
Installaton view at @fmav_artivisive
In the picture:The Grandmother platform Hyperrinascimento, 2021
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021. [Detail: Digital collage silk-screened carpet of Michelangelo Buonarroti’s sculpture (Pietà, 1498-1499), the ESA mission (Roseta Mission 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, 2016)]
The GrandMother Platform: Lacquered MDF platform, black crystal, electromagnetic levitation field, hand-sculpted and mirror-polished neodymium floating sphere)
Luca Pozzi, Hyperinascimento, 2021. Installation view.
The GrandMother Platform: Lacquered MDF platform, black crystal, electromagnetic levitation field, hand-sculpted and mirror-polished neodymium floating sphere) Dim. 120X120 cm
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021. [Detail: Digital collage silk-screened carpet of the prehistoric artefact (Nebra Sky Disk, Bronze Age) and ESA experiment (Integral, 2002)]
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021. (Detail: Digital collage silk-screened carpet of the bronze door by Lorenzo Ghibert (Gate of Paradise, Baptstery of Saint John, Florence, 1452) , the salt cellar by Benvenuto Cellini (Salt Cellar of King Francis I of France, 1540-1543), the ESA – European Space Agency & European Union satellites (Galileo Satellites Network 2003)]
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento (Detail)
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021.
Digital collage silk-screened carpet, lacquered MDF platorm, black crystal, electromagnetic levitaton field, hand-sculpted and mirror-polished neodymium sphere.(Andrea della Robbia “Saint Michael the Archangel”, ca.1475 + CERN European Organizaton for Nuclear Research – “ATLAS LS2 Muon wheel” under constructon view, 2019).
Dim. 400X800x10 cm
The GrandMother Platform: Lacquered MDF platform, black crystal, electromagnetic levitation field, hand-sculpted and mirror-polished neodymium floating sphere)
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021.
(Detail)
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021.
(Detail)
The GrandMother Platform: Lacquered MDF platform, black crystal, electromagnetic levitation field, hand-sculpted and mirror-polished neodymium floating sphere)
The Grandmother platform Hyperinascimento, 2021. [Detail: Digital collage silk-screened carpet of the NASA & Google Team processor (512-qubit D-Wave Quantum Computer, 2013), the sculpture of Andrea del Verrocchio (David, 1473-1475)]