Giacomo Ravagli Bzzzzzz

Ravagli’s relationship with stone is a battle for control. The unyielding material resists his every move, and he pitches his will against the stone’s, seeking to ultimately dominate it.

Painfully aware of the negative space left in Italian mountainsides due to ever increasing rates of mining, Ravagli understands his own practice of carving, of reducing blocks of stone even further, as similarly violent.

The artist sharply carves the travertine base of Bzzzzzz into an unnatural, singular form, which is mirrored in the overhead lampshade. Ravagli permanently alters his material, scarring the stone with his forceful cutting techniques.