POSTNATURAL HEAD
The Postnatural Head emerges from a broader exploration of synthetic, algorithmic erosion - a study inspired by the visual richness and poetic qualities of rock formations, observed in different locations around the globe, such as the red deserts of Jordan, the mangrove coastlines of the Philippines, the dramatic cliffs of Wales, the Italian Alps.
I am intrigued by how natural forces like wind, water, heat shape hard materials, creating formal articulation by deconstructing a solid substrate, which progressively incorporates information, traces of these forces. It is a strong sculptural principle, yet without a predetermined idea of what will be carved out of that initial block of material, nor a perfect figure waiting to be unveiled, just forces at play, blind to the result of their actions.
Together with such forces, it is almost as if another unseen, Time itself, became visible, through highly complex, ever changing patterns of deconstruction and decay.
Together with such forces, it is almost as if another unseen, Time itself, became visible, through highly complex, ever changing patterns of deconstruction and decay.
The formation is produced by an algorithmic simulation of erosion, and is composed by approximately forty thousand unique elements. Their section is the same, while length and displacement change according to a complex pattern, whose perception changes extensively with the angle and perspective of the observer.
The artifact expresses a sense of uncertainty, a vision of the human that is impermanent and unstable - an eroded body dissolving between digital and material, natural and artificial.
