ASTA BY DARIO CIPELLETTI
SERIAL NUMBER
YEAR 2018
CM D Ø 130 D(BAR) 225
“ASTA” IS NOT A SIMPLE WALL MIRROR: IT IS A TRUE ARCHITECTURE OF IMAGE, A DESIGN OBJECT THAT TRANSFORMS THE DAILY ACT OF REFLECTING INTO A POETIC EXPERIENCE OF PERCEPTION AND SPACE. AT THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT IS THE POLISHED BRASS BAR, AN ELEMENT THAT IDEALLY CUTS THE MIRROR IN HALF, TRANSFORMING IT FROM A NEUTRAL SURFACE TO A VISUAL THRESHOLD. THAT BAR IS NOT A SIMPLE SUPPORT: IT BECOMES A DIVIDING LINE, A WATERSHED BETWEEN WHAT IS AND WHAT APPEARS, BETWEEN REALITY AND REFLECTION, BETWEEN PRESENCE AND ILLUSION. LOOKING INTO ASTA, THE REFLECTION DOES NOT RETURN A SINGLE IMAGE, BUT A DUPLICITY, A CONTINUOUS DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE OBJECT AND ITS MIRRORED PROJECTION. THE BAR ACQUIRES A SYMBOLIC DIMENSION: IT DELIMITS AND, AT THE SAME TIME, MULTIPLIES. IT INVITES THE GAZE TO OVERCOME THE THRESHOLD OF THE REAL AND TO QUESTION WHAT SURROUNDS IT, REFLECTS IT, FRAGMENTS IT, AND RENDERS IT NEW. IN AN AGE WHERE THE MIRROR IS OFTEN JUST AN ACCESSORY, ASTA GIVES THE REFLECTION AN EVOCATIVE POWER: THE MIRROR AS A TOOL FOR RESEARCH, IDENTITY, AESTHETICS. A SCULPTURAL PRESENCE THAT ASSERTS ITSELF WITHOUT EVER BEING INTRUSIVE. THE LARGE MIRROR DISK (Ø 130 CM), VERTICAL AND MONUMENTAL, COMBINED WITH THE 225 CM BAR, GIVES THE OBJECT AN ICONIC PRESENCE: A THRESHOLD BETWEEN INTIMATE SPACE AND REFLECTED WORLD, BETWEEN THE OBSERVER AND WHAT IS BEING OBSERVED. ASTA MIRROR IS A DESIGN GESTURE THAT DOES NOT LIMIT ITSELF TO FURNISHING, BUT TELLS, QUESTIONS, TRANSFORMS. ENQUIRE
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