Like an epiphany, Descendant (2012–ongoing) is an aerial sculpture with no mass, suspended in the darkness. The threadlike structure is composed of concretions of residual materials such as ash, and other natural materials like vegetal resins and crystals, tracing out a slender design in space. Installed on the structure–which in its winding, symmetrical form retains a biomorphic imprint–there is a system of programmed holographic LEDs projected onto a fabric of highly reflective glass microspheres, mapping out a constellation within the exhibition space.*

The Descendants are holo-dimensional beings sublimated into pure energy. This series of sculptures form the long-term environmental installation entitled Family Reunion reflecting on energy fields, intergenerational exchange and the circularity of time. The trilogy, The Living (2011–ongoing), The Ancestors (2017–ongoing), The Descendants (2012-ongoing), encapsulates a space in which those who have died, those who are alive, and those who are yet to be born can meet in a continuous form of time.

*extract from Chrysalis catalog, edited by Andrea Bellini, CAC geneve, 2023

DESCENDANT (I), 2022
VOLCANIC SAND (ORIGIN: STROMBOLI, IT), BRASS, LEDS, ASH, QUARTZ CRYSTALS
140×120×30 CM (55.2×47.2×7.3 IN)

+, 2022
VOLCANIC SAND (ORIGIN: STROMBOLI, IT), BRASS, LEDS, ASH, QUARTZ CRYSTALS
70×70×45 CM (27.5×27.5× 17.7 IN)

CROWN (II), 2022
VOLCANIC SAND (ORIGIN: STROMBOLI, IT), BRASS, LEDS, ASH, QUARTZ CRYSTALS
45×45×30 CM (17.7×17.7×11.8 IN)

KEPHRI (I), 2022
VOLCANIC SAND (ORIGIN: STROMBOLI, IT), BRASS, LEDS, ASH, QUARTZ CRYSTALS
35×20×10 CM (13.7×7.8×3.9IN)