Processo
di paragone 1, Amore e Psiche was devised in 1974 but
produced for the first time at Ostia. As its title suggests,
the work involves a comparison of two objects, two casts of
ancient sculptures resting on solid travertine bases. Since
one cast is located near the synagogue and the other near
the Capitol, it is impossible to see them both at the same
time and the comparison thus takes place in the memory. Given
its selective nature in retaining certain details and overlooking
others, memory will never allow us to solve the problem of
whether the two casts are the same or just similar.
Processo di paragone reconfirms in a new form some
of the linchpins of Mochetti’s work. Firstly, there
is the idea of the work as a relationship rather than an object
Secondly, the mental rebound from one cast to the other eliminates
the space dividing them. “Space exists as long as it
is experienced. It must be invented if it is to exist. Neither
time nor space exists without the other. I believe that cosmic
space is infinite and that traveling it depends on our understanding.
It is like a balloon that expands in step with our knowledge”,
says Mochetti. There are two possibilities. Either space pre-exists
and is occupied by the work or it is the work that creates
space. Or annuls it, as in Ostia. |
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