A diminuire

"A diminuire" presents it self as a plastic score that translates the musical process of the diminuendo into an erosion of matter, serving as a metaphor for memory. The installation consists of a triptych of plaster panels resting on orchestral music stands, which abandon their function as supports for paper scores to become custodians of a tactile narrative.
The core of this investigation is the obsessive repetition of the positive cast of a band uniform button, featuring the embossed symbol of a lyre. The sculptural sequence acts as a process of accelerated fossilization: in the first element, the reproduction is sharp and dense—a visual march where the heraldic detail of the lyre is clearly legible, representing the sonic "fullness" and formal identity.
Moving to the right, the material undergoes a progressive rarefaction: the volumes blur, merging with the surface in a sort of plastic out-of-focus. In the final panel, the relief is almost entirely fused with the background; the imprints become phantom residues, traces of a collective identity and a sound fading into the whiteness of the plaster.
The work invites the viewer to experience the installation as one would listen to an echo, transforming the symbol of popular band tradition into a vanishing archaeological artifact, while questioning the thin threshold that separates sonic presence from definitive silence.

Technical Data
Medium: Casting, installation (Plaster, metal music stands)
Edition: Unique work
Support: Self-supporting structure