THE SKIN OF STONES

The project emerges from the need to connect with and help remember, in a simple and immediate manner, the integrative aspects of ornamental stones beyond their purely aesthetic qualities to non-geologists.
The project is presented as a workshop with a collection of unique pieces of natural stone, carefully selected to guide visitors on a journey exploring the skin of stones and the sensations that may arise from a multisensory encounter.
The experiences will first be tactile and auditory, then visual, thus reversing the habit of prioritizing what we see over what we perceive with other senses.
The key players in this proposal are therefore the visitors, their perceptions, and their emotions; the stone surfaces, transformed by time and/or by man, are the means through which the unusual and curious “other senses”-vision path unfolds.