NEURONS

What we think of as our mental life involves the activities of the nervous system, especially the brain.  This nervous system is composed of billions of cells, the most essential being the nerve cells or neurons, electrically excitable cells that process and transmit information. 

Neurons are the oldest and longest cells in the body. You have many of the same neurons for your whole life. Although other cells die and are replaced, many neurons are never replaced.

Considering the political situation in the world at the time, it seemed that many neurons were in crisis, are subjected to short circuits, or had taken on a life of their own like Hal 2000.  The computing of all the information available seemed to go wild provoking one disaster after the other.

Based on this conjecture these sculptures try to illustrate the malfunctioning of leaders’ brains by trying to connect recycled organic materials (pruned branches, cherry pits and latex). Of course, short circuits occur.

Il Ponte Contemporanea, Rome, 2009