Shaping the void
"Savoring and translating the relational properties of metals can offer, to all those willing to let themselves be influenced, an opportunity to get in tune with the more profound dynamics of the processes of cosmic life. However, first of all it is necessary to set the void free. Otherwise, no action is possible. According to the alchemical tradition, smiths were close kin of potters and Salvadori works like the maker of the jug evoked by Martin Heidegger: 'he shapes the void . . . The potter takes hold of the impalpable void and brings it forth as the container in the shape of a containing vessel. The jug’s void determines all the handling'."
(Romano Gasparotti, Metals, in Remo Salvadori, catalogue of the exhibition in Milan, Palazzo Reale, Museo del Novecento, chiesa di San Gottardo in Corte, July 2 - September 14, 2025, curated by Elena Tettamanti and Antonella Soldaini [Cinisello Balsamo: Silvana Editoriale, 2025], 158)
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