MMIPO

I propose a sculpture that, while being austere, rigorous and almost minimalist, can create tremendous tension on the visual confrontation between the opulent complexity of the baroque façade of the Misericórdia Church, by Nicolau Nasoni, and the austere simplicity of the Misericórdia Museum. This confrontation is inevitable and, indeed, is already present in the simultaneous coexistence of the two buildings.

The sculpture is born on the corner of the room where the Fons Vitae painting is located and it crosses the wall to project itself, on a flight, to the street. Its shape, between a tendon in torsion and the drapery moved by the wind, which can be seen in the painting, is oriented toward another element in tension, awaiting on the ground: it is up to the viewer to complete this union between what is up and what is down.