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Polycubo
Amellario:quercus project
Andrea Melloni
curated by Elisa Marchini
Solo
Exhibition by an Italian Artist based in Berlin
www.cubificio.org
The relationship between object/image and related disease, in my projects,
is obtained through a constant research in the scientific field, especially
biotechnologies and genetic engineering (chronicles, legislation, laboratory
results). Starting from given formal elements, I track down diseases that
have a social and political interest, turning them into a fictitious pathological
cause for the morphology of the infestations I create. This becomes also
a chance to underline the effects of socially weakening symptoms of the
chosen pathologies, and the controversial management of the discoveries
referring to the remedies.
Bonsai trees are a recurrent element in my research not only for their
autobiographic value, but also for their ambiguous status (their natural
artificiality), that relates them to a dimension similar to the one my
creatures belong to. the choice of this bonsai in particular is important
for it’s certified existence in everyday life. Polycubo Amellario, the
cubic mushroom that has attacked this living structure causing it’s death,
contaminates hosting structures like other specimens belonging to Polyporaceaes,
spreading with a parasitic behaviour.
Sound is central element in this project. A sound signal obtained by translating
genetic sequences of a rare illness, is spread in the environment.
The sound signal derived from maple syrup disease’s genetic sequence is
obtained by software translation of the disease’s genetic alteration graphical
scheme. The sound is then granulised to render the idea of particles,
constituting both the genetic chain and the physical structure of this
fungus.
The maple syrup disease had suddenly demonstrated being the most suitable
pathology for this project. Firstly because of the symptoms from which
it derives it’s name, and also for the ideal connection between the diseases
name itself and the vegetable world.
Actually, at its first steps, this deadly disease causes an alteration
in the consistence of the urines. By "coincidence", the substance
of my body I related from the beginning to Polycubo Amellario, is my own
urine, crystallized in the cubic elements composing the infestation.
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March – 3 April 2005
Open Saturday & Sunday 12-6
or by appointment
0207 247 1375
exhibitions@elastic.org.uk
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