CORPUS:
et consumimur igni
../Related Objects

KEYWORD:
#installation #fire #mushrooms

CULTURAL DEFINITION:
../Edition: ℏ

TECHNICAL DATA:
../Object: reactivable
../Matter and technique: fomitopsis betulin, beeswax, scagliola, birch bark oil
../Measures: variable

DESCRIPTION: wall installation realized on commission. harvested mushrooms, of the species Fomitopsis betulina, are treated and prepared according to an ancient traditional technique. fixed and incorporated in the wall with stucco and finished with scagliola, they act as illuminating lamps thanks to an oil of birch bark with which they are filled. with the passage of time and use, the smoke emitted by combustion creates characteristic halos on the wall, mimicking the process of blackening typical of the old Renaissance frescoes.

THEMES:
../#specificity: geographical
../#body: interaction
../#breath: heterodetermined
../#imagination: biophilia
../#identity: technology

SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS:
../Information card [pdf]: et consumimur igni.pdf

../Exhibition:

Equilibrum, curated by Pietro Rigolo, Asolo. 2012

../Collection: private