‘ THE MEMORY OF STONES ’ IS A COLLECTION CENTRED AROUND THE IDEA OF CONCRETE POETRY , A QUEST AS ANCIENT AS THE WORLD .
THE MEMORY OF STONES
Beautifying the scars left on the Vicenza stone slabs where the marble is cut and tailored , the brutalist fragments , often unseen , are elevated to the status of noble material . The scorched surfaces become objects of desire ; they are used to make a series of unique pieces with transplanted marble inserts . Transformed and grafted , the marble continues the invisible relationship with the Vicenza stone where its alteration occurred , inducing a certain ‘ mystique of materiality .’
The functional sculptures , made from the combination of elementary shapes and tailored rough surfaces , integrate an upcycling approach , revealing the raw beauty of stone extracted from the quarry and combined with handpicked discarded marble fragments .
The collection is a play between scarification and primary constructions , where texture and time bind together man-made memory and spontaneous beauty , echoing the connection between man and nature itself , like an abstract calligraphy . The material conversation evokes a contemporary poetic vision with elements of the past .
The title , ‘ The Memory of Stones ’, echoes the texts of Roger Caillois ‘ The Writing of Stones ’ and ‘ Reading the Stones ’, and his original vision infused with surrealism , science , aesthetics , myths and literature , transcending his fascination for the mineral world , a passion shared by architect Aline Asmar d ’ Amman .
‘ The Memory of Stones ’ is born from an inspirational complicity between two women , architect Aline Asmar d ’ Amman , founder of Culture in Architecture and marble tailor Deborah Morseletto , third generation of Laboratorio Morseletto , in Vicenza , during one of their numerous collaborations and endless conversations around the scorched beauty of stone and marble .
The pieces were photographed in the heart of the quarry where the Vicenza stone was extracted from , Cava Arcari , in the Berici hills of Vicenza , Veneto , northern Italy .
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