Rise, 2018
Lacquered wood, Carrara and Nero Marquina marble
450 × 160 × 220 cm
Presented at Giuseppe Pero Gallery, Milan
In Rise, is an immersive fictional architecture: a black box set in the middle of a white gallery space, its door reveals the interior: a stark, geometric cave composed entirely of white stairs that becomes the protagonist— as an archetype that adress the human condition to conquer space through verticality, construction, and order.
Within this white structure rest three essential marble objects—a chair, a bookshelf, and a bench—each designed to integrate seamlessly with the stair surfaces, whos bases have been cut to match the geometry of the steps, rendering them incomplete in isolation. Positioned outside the installation, on a pedestal, are the missing volumes—sculpted in Nero Marquina marble. These black components function both as independent sculptures and as literal completions of the objects, allowing them to be used traditionally should they leave the installation and enter the collectible context.
Rise is a reflection on structure, function, and fragmentation. Through pure forms and cold materials, it transforms the language of furniture into an abstract spatial narrative—where each piece negotiates its identity between precision and poetic displacement.
