Materia Viva

Driven by the desire to examine how matter forms and transforms, Cozzani uses fluid materials such as wax and fiberglass, applying them directly to the surface of rock. The result is a fossilized presence, a snapshot of a process in constant evolution. Like a second skin, the wax merges with the dust that covers the rock’s body, onto which the artist lays resin-soaked fiber, gently adapting it to the stone’s original contours. Once dry, the fiberglass, dust, and wax are peeled away from the rock’s surface, becoming it’s negative imprint.

This process echoes recent scientific attempts to understand matter not as static substance, but as the outcome of cumulative transformations. ” From each unique floating sculpture reveals a skin-like landscapes that evoke pulsing organs, bone structures, and fossil-like presences. These forms appear as traces of an accumulated process, where material records its own becoming. In dialogue with one another, the works function like letters in an abstract language, connecting the human body to the body of the rock and revealing a visceral sense of mutual belonging.

The distance between the human and the non-human begins to collapse. After all, like all matter, we are made by continuous molecular interaction. Our skin bears the imprint of time; our bones return to ash becoming part of the landscape. We know that we will eventually die.

But will that truly be the end? Like rocks, we may just simply turn into something else. Aren’t we already?