Cosmo

Manifesto: ⚫ Cosmo is not just a visual character but a conceptual embodiment shaped by profound influences. Inspired by Roland Barthes’s exploration of the fluidity of meaning, André Masson’s surreal reflections of the unconscious, and René Magritte’s surreal visual language. Cosmo exists as a hovering presence, both familiar and unknowable. It never touches the ground, representing a symbol that defies fixed interpretation and invites endless contemplation. Cosmo embodies the surreal dance between meaning and ambiguity, the conscious and the unconscious. Grateful for the inspiration from Roland Barthes, André Masson, and René Magritte, whose works I studied during my PhD research. Cosmo is born out of my academic journey, merging philosophical inquiry with surreal visual expression. Thank you to everyone who joins me on this creative journey!

GN Details vs Final

Details vs Final

Le città invisibili / Italo Calvino, 1972 Marco Polo describes fifty-five cities to Kublai Khan. None of them can be found on a map. Each one is a form of thought memory, desire, fear, the dead given walls and a name.. I. Armilla / "né muri, né soffitti, né pavimenti" the city of water pipes, nothing else left II. Zora / "che non si cancella dalla mente" the city memory cannot erase III. Eusapia / "non si sa quale delle due sia sopra" the city and its twin underground IV. Ottavia / "la rete durerà tanto" the city hanging over the abyss in a net