Costell Actions by salvatore mauro

“My Costell Actions are the texture has become my central technique, I had already experienced it in the past through photography, but in this case I turned rather to the language of design, so I chose nets of various shapes and sizes and used them to create bottoms and layers that reach up to twelve levels. The pictorial supports I use are multilayer circles of different sizes, these circles represent planets and stars that will create a large work that will take the name of "Costell action”. What interests me about this installation is its material aspect, that is the pictorial texture that is somewhat reminiscent of photographic pixels, in fact at first glance the image is not noticed, as if it were a blurry photo, or too zoomed and it takes a little to bring it into focus. These circles will be arranged in such a way as to compose an imaginary constellation after a hypothetical big bang. From this work, a performance was born that accompanies the birth of these planets and stars. I tried to simulate the practice of the astronomer who chooses its name when he discovers a new star”.

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