" In constant change, earthly things prove fleeting, like sand slipping through the fingers. This transitory nature of the world around us pushes to question ourselves about the search for something that can overcome the limit of time."
Artist: Alice Muratore
Project: Dove PIovono Cristalli
"Dove piovono cristalli (eng. “Where crystals rain”) is a personal research that leads to a reflection on the existence and impermanence of earthly things. In constant change, earthly things prove fleeting, like sand slipping through the fingers. This transitory nature of the world around us pushes to question ourselves about the search for something that can overcome the limit of time. Then emerges the vain search for immortality, humanity's ancestral desire, which clashes with the harsh reality of our condition. The Turritopsis dohrnii, a creature capable of returning to previous stages, but still susceptible to other fatal fates, becomes a tangible symbol of this state."
"Will mankind ever be able to aspire to immortality? Is it more important to be immortal or to be eternal? What remains of us on the earth, besides memory, when life changes shape? At the heart of this investigation lies the conception of death not as an absolute end, but as a transition to a new state of being. This perspective allows the author to explore the fluid nature of existence, challenging conventional conceptions of time and space. In an imaginary outside of time, a rain of crystals allows us to bridge the gap between what we can see and what we cannot see, becoming access to a parallel dimension halfway between the visible and the Invisible. The change in state of matter that characterizes the formation of crystals is therefore a metaphor for the transformation of existence itself. The energy released by these elements becomes a symbol of that force that pervades the universe, connecting every being in a cosmic entanglement of which we can only glimpse a small part."
© Alice Muratore