Trans-forma

Trans-forma is a snapshot of a state change, meant as rebirth, a physical idea of a transformation in the process of becoming. The artists through a “reverse process of construction”, starting from a perfect flat sheet of aluminium, work on a portion of the piece seeking an uncontrolled imperfection. One side of the sculpture is left flat and polished to mirror creating a shade of contrasting appearances to render a powerful and dynamic two way transformation at the moment it takes place. The manipulation is made through forceful impacts, compressions and bends with manual and mechanical tools to express a turbulent, high quantity of energy stage. A wrecked sheet of metal fades into a flawless even surface as a symbol of the unstoppable forces of the Nature transforming the matter by the passing of time, seen as a positive impulse of regeneration and renascence. The artists chose the aluminium as material of this sculpture for its capability of being reshaped ad recyclable ad infinitum, a rare quality to forge such a dynamic shape and concept, as its name suggests: Trans-forma, an Italian compound word, meaning form in transition. The observer's image is reflected in the mirroring part of the sculpture giving him the chance to meditate about the responsibility that we all have in our world's pollution and the importance of recycling, a process able to reshape our wastes in completely new and valuable objects. The duo started to work on this project at the beginning of the 2020 when the coronavirus was becoming a global pandemic. With the exponential spread of the Covid-19 disease, in conjunction with financial difficulties faced by the artists, this project assumed a more deeper meaning for them, and can be seen as a turning-point in the approach to their work, Trans-forma took on the meaning and value of renaissance, and pushed them to create the exhibition “Rules and Chaos” which connects the points between their latest works showing the course that brought them to create such a radical project.