Antimateria (Antimatter)

Scan_6


2007

Metal dust through polystyrene
60 x 60 x 60 cm.

Supported by a base

Unique piece

I record the transformation, transfer, and transit of matter as it passes before our eyes.

I pulverize a metal object, and in doing so, I nullify its objective essence—its material existence—without, however, nullifying its material existence.

I blast the incandescent metallic dust against a polystyrene cube, which melts and, in doing so, digests and retains the metallic dust. I in no way determine the contortion of the matter that is generated, but, on the contrary, I witness in amazement the transformation that self-determines a new physical condition.

As soon as all the steps are completed, the metal embodied in the host body appears a brilliant blue-black, which after a few hours turns reddish, highlighting the beginning of an oxidation process.