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| Platinoiridio, 2007 video, DVD, 9'27" min. Courtesy Galleria Giò Marconi, Milano Photos: Valentina Muscedra |
| A platinum and iridium alloy was used in 1899 to produce the standard metre and kilogramme, which were adopted as the international standard and are kept at the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures in Sèvres, France. Iridium is considered to be the metal most resistant to corrosion, and several recent studies have shown that it may be extraterrestrial in origin, given that it is rare in the natural environment but very common in the composition of asteroids. On the basis of these considerations, Luca Trevisani has created a kind of projection alluding to the human desire to contain infinite space. His video shows us a man in a dark, unknown location, obsessively measuring the area around him with a ruler. The man is trying to dominate space, but his attempts are constantly frustrated, symbolising mankind's eternal aspiration to know, to measure and to quantify the world, yet without ever succeeding in his endeavour. |
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| Platinoiridio, 2007 video, DVD, 9'27" min. Courtesy Galleria Giò Marconi, Milano |
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