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#1 White frame.<\/p><\/div>\n

Imagine a sculpture.
\nA white marble sculpture.
\nA sculpture of Carrara marble.<\/p>\n

A hammer blow dislodges it,
\nit breaks it down.<\/p>\n

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#2 Detail of the broken right hand of Michelangelo\u2019s ‘Piet\u00e0’ after Laszlo Toth\u2019s vandalization on 21.5.1972. Undated photo released by Musei Vaticani, 21.5.2013.<\/p><\/div>\n

Its fragments, everywhere.
\nDispersed.
\nScattered.<\/p>\n

All pieces have been collected.
\nThere’s not even a chip left.
\nNot a bit.<\/p>\n

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#3 Operator sweeping the floor in Laboratorio Michelangelo. Carrara, 20.7.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

The broom has been passed too.
\nEven the finest dust
\nhas been collected.<\/p>\n

However, material is missing…<\/p>\n

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#4 Detail of a granulometry of marble sand taken at Fantiscritti quarry, Carrara, 19.7.2018. Test made at the laboratory of sedimentology. Faculty of Geology, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Bellaterra, 21.11.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

To what point can the stone break down?
\nAnd the dust, a grain of dust,
\nhow small can it be?<\/p>\n

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#5 Picture of the sieves after the grain classification. In the laboratory of sedimentology. Faculty of Geology, Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Bellaterra, 21.11.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

Is it by passing through the finest sieve,
\nwhen the dust ceases being dust?<\/p>\n

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#6 Detail of a Wilson cloud chamber for observing particles with the naked eye. Faculty of Physics, University of Helsinki, 28.11.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

The imperceptible particle
\nis suspended for hours, days.
\nEven years, depending on its size.<\/p>\n

We know about the anthropogenic ones,
\nthe ones in cities.
\nBut there are also those
\nthat are organic bits, or mineral ones.<\/p>\n

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#7 Scanning a stone in 3D, screen capture. Academy of Fine Arts, Uniarts Helsinki, 24.4.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

For a long time,
\nI’ve been dreaming.
\nWith almost imperceptible sculptures.
\nWith clouds of marble dust,
\nClusters of white powder.<\/p>\n

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# 8 Prototype for a machine of clouds of marble dust, 30.11.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

The smallest sparks of matter.
\nMemories in the form of slivers.<\/p>\n

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#9 Imaging a grain of marble through a Scanning Electron Microscope. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, 6.9.2019.<\/p><\/div>\n

Dust is detested for its volatility,
\nand because it covers and fills everything.
\nThe particles can\u2019t even be perceived.<\/p>\n

I want the wind to bring me a particle,
\nor a grain of dust from that shattered sculpture.
\nLet it touch me, let it land on me,
\nAnd allow it to whisper its story to me.<\/p>\n

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#10 Test in-situ to form a cloud with marble sand at Cava Michelangelo. Carrara quarries, 20.7.2018.<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

*\u00a0<\/em>In Suspension\u00a0<\/em>is a visual essay based on the homonymous video<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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