The Physical Memory of Matter

The Physical Memory of Matter, curated by Linda Kniffitz and Daniele Torcellini, intends to highlight the experimental practices of mosaic, in the Ravenna area, in which the materials that characterized the technique in antiquity are explored in their presence and concreteness, in search of forms, spaces, balances and contrasts, beyond any representational intention.
The works by Paolo Racagni, Marco Santi, Valentino Montanari, Almuth Schöps, Felice Nittolo, Sergio Policicchio, Toyoharu Kii, Daniele Strada, Marco Bravura, Verdiano Marzi, Stefano Mazzotti, Takako Hirai, CaCO3, and Sara Vasini give the material presence of the tiles the preponderant role of composition, the analysis of a new degree of space and the freedom of experimentation.