Tergicristallino (no show device)
2016
structures in aluminum, nylon, steel and electro-mechanical gearmotor,
2.5 X 2.5 m.
The title is a play on words between wiper and crystalline, the biconvex lens of the eye.
A device to cleanse the eye of the often useless excess of images that tease sight and brain. A device to make space and meditate, to think without clutter. Clean in order to see.
The wiper therefore serves to leave room for vacuum and to be able to measure it. To be able to see it as a volume. It is a device that hinders the occupation of space by people or objects to be displayed, prevents the thing on display from “polluting” the purity and body of the void. Its action prevents us from exhibiting.
A contradiction between device and kinetic sculpture.
Wiper is composed of vertical and horizontal elements.
The grid structure is anchored to a vertical pin that rotates on its axis by the action of an electromechanical motor. The angle of rotation is adjustable and is determined in relation to the space. The movement is very fluid and slow even when reversing.
The sidereal sound that releases the electromechanical action and invades the environment highlights the emptiness of the place.