STELE
2024
Marble
Created during Digital Stone Project Residency in Gramolazzo, IT.


  
This work contrasts the organic formation of the asteroid Eros, as depicted in NASA's library, with surface structures reminiscent of memory circuits. It symbolizes the clash between nature and the information age. The spatial formations are drawn into the orbit of human culture, where a strange object is observed, explored, and described, thus gaining meaning  and becoming
a topic of discussion. I've always wondered about what lies beyond language,
beyond what can be articulated. Wittgenstein stated that what we cannot talk about, we must pass over in silence. This contrast of forms taps into those ideas.
A stele is an erected memorial stone commemorating a person or event. This stele I made honors my stepfather, whose
research field was natural language processing—the science of understanding and constructing human language models using computers and software
tools.


 
 
Photo: Simona Martinelli
     
         
 
View of the outdoor exhibition Pietra eterna of Digital Stone Project Residency in Barga, Tuscany