The idea of forcing a subject to remain still for interminable seconds to obtain an unnatural

expression and a technically poor scan seemed unacceptable to me, especially if the ultimate goal

was to create a work of art from that subject.

Goal achieved in 2022.

I was aware of the unique geography in which chance had granted me the fortune of being born; a

flattened triangle contained between 3 vertices, 3 particularly special vertices. I call this place “the magic triangle”:

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- Michelangelo Quarry and the breathtaking panorama of over 100 Carrara marble quarries

- Pietrasanta, with its artistic hub animated by sculptors and artists from distant lands since the

Middle Ages and still the custodian of unique know-how

- Florence, the artistic hub, the world's most important collector of excellence

 

This represented a unique opportunity to create a one-of-a-kind art service.

 

The next step would be to create our “instant acquisition system” , which had meanwhile been

named HYBRID-V; portable, thus allowing anyone, clients from anywhere in the world, to have apose wherever they desired, thus being virtually transported to a place where a marble work could

be created better than anywhere else.

 

Goal achieved in 2023.

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Technology, let it be clear, is only a tool and not the ultimate goal of this project.

Each subsequent step has questioned me about the risk of detracting from the work's dignity by

making poor technological choices.

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Yes, just as technology allowed this project to be born, it could have killed it still child.

From this, all subsequent choices followed: to progress, without betraying to remain firmly

centered and in perfect continuity with the history of Renaissance sculptural art.

 

I like to close these few lines with a quote from Ludwig Van Beethoven:

"To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is unforgivable."

 

Alessio Gherardini