U-DRAWINGS

The exhibition U-DRAWINGS offers the conceptual keys of Luca Pozzi to reframe the act of drawing not merely as an artistic gesture, but as a profound “primitive invention” that has survived the inexorable passage of time. Throughout human history, this practice has served as our primary tool for mapping the unknown and visualizing the phenomena of the surrounding world. In the U-DRAWINGS exhibition, curated by Carson Chan, the process of drawing evolves into a sophisticated methodology designed to reveal hidden structures woven into the fabric of space-time. At the heart of the show is a deep dialogue with contemporary science, specifically with the Loop Quantum Gravity conjecture. Drawing inspiration from the groundbreaking research of Italian physicist Carlo Rovelli, Luca Pozzi constructs a circular, connective system that translates theoretical physics into a tangible experience through three pivotal installations:

Spin Foam Network: This series of “Y”-shaped aluminum sculptures connects twelve dodecagonal mirrored surfaces. Each mirror is engraved with the map of a city visited by the artist in 2010—including Moscow, Hong Kong, Florence, Berlin, Geneva, Miami, and Vatican City. At the center of this global network, a tennis ball acts as an ephemeral photon, bouncing within a “Hyper-diamond” geometry conceived by computer engineer Raymond Aschheim. This topological structure attempts to unify the Standard Model of particle physics with the force of gravity.

Loop Quantum Gravity Through the Influence of Borges’ Library: In this “potential library,” information emerges from the interaction between UV light and a large surface treated with luminescent paint. The work hybridizes two imaginative worlds: Jorge Luis Borges’s legendary Library of Babel and the mathematical structures known as “Spin Foams” in Loop Quantum Gravity. The installation is activated by the artist through paths of light—ephemeral traces slowed down for just a few minutes by a chemical reaction before inevitably vanishing into the void.

Laputa Pyramid: Representing a physical intersection between Jonathan Swift’s literature and scientific research, this piece features a dodecagonal green marble prism levitating above a caoutchouc (natural rubber) platform. It serves as a totem of the project’s core ambition: to visualize the invisible forces that suspend our reality between the weight of matter and the lightness of theoretical thought.

Together, these works transform the gallery into a space where the ancient tradition of the sign meets the cutting-edge boundaries of quantum reality, revealing a universe far more interconnected than meets the eye.