Adenomicon

A scar is not just the mark left by a wound that has healed, the consequence of a traumatic event, but also a way used over centuries by men to decorate their bodies, breaking down the border of what separates us one from another. So the Scars project was a chance to show and share a more or less metaphorical representation of the marks that decorate our skin and our minds, in order to be united by a primordial empathy, even if just for a moment.
In the hope of using this lacerated skin to unite us, the work is art – that is, the product of an experience and technology handed down by humans over thousands of years. A plastic mould, obtained with 3D printing, was filled with a geopolymer casting, an amorphous material similar to Roman concrete. The mould was then loosened a bit, opening like a tomb to reveal its contents: a simple translation of the forms of David and my lacerations onto a stone. It is the memory of a gland which decided to part ways with me.