It’s not a cloud

“It’s not a cloud” is a commissioned work strongly desired by entrepreneur Sandra Vezza, who recalled a previous work of mine exhibited in 2015 on the panoramic terrace of the National Mountain Museum of Turin, on the occasion of my solo exhibition titled “The Cloud Climber.” The sculpture was born from the idea of bringing to light what has been forgotten, of giving a second chance to those dreams we have abandoned. I worked with the material as if I were digging inside myself, layer by layer, to unearth that buried cloud. “It’s not a cloud” is not just a cloud, but the tangible representation of a dream preparing to resurface. Every small volume of the sculpture was designed to evoke the delicacy and lightness of a cloud, while at the same time embodying the strength and purity of a desire that cannot be contained. Here, twelve meters underground, I have moved one of my works. The cellar of Astemia Pentita, like my studio, represents the exact situation in which I felt I wanted this work to reside—from one workspace to another that replicates the intimacy of the first, without ruptures or elaborate constructions… from one home to another. Sandra confided to me that she never had any doubts about this work, and I never doubted that it could reach a dream-like place.