Accumulo

ACCUMULO

sculptures - glass + rubber - 2002 - 2013 

ACCUMULO is part of a series of sculptures composed of ground-glass lances held together by a rubber tube at their center. Each element is inclined and rotated, leaning upon the others until the ensemble reaches a precarious yet stable balance. The structure exists through the mutual support of its parts—an equilibrium that depends on tension as much as on fragility.

The choice of materials plays a decisive role. Glass, simultaneously sharp and vulnerable, embodies both transparency and risk. Rubber, soft and elastic, functions as a counterpoint—it contains, binds, and absorbs. Their encounter creates a system of opposites: rigidity and flexibility, fragility and resilience, compression and release. The work finds its form within this dialogue of contrasts, where every shift in force alters the entire structure.

This dynamic between opposing materials is something I’ve explored in other works as well, such as ENLIGHTENMENTS and OFF SHOOTS, where glass interacts with forged iron. There, the confrontation is more direct—the fragile and luminous nature of glass asserting itself against the dark density of metal. In ACCUMULO, by contrast, the opposition is subtler, more internalized: balance emerges not from conflict, but from interdependence.

ACCUMULO sculptures capture a suspended moment, when instability becomes structure and tension becomes form. It is a reflection on how matter—like thought or society—can reach temporary order through the very forces that threaten to undo it.