Disposal collection
Italy, 2026
Smartphone glass, leaves, graphite, copper, silver
Carbon Cycles weaves glass, graphite, copper, silver, leaves, and kevlar into a story of carbon’s journey through life and energy. Smartphone screens, delaminated and purified, form translucent planes that hold delicate threads of copper and kevlar, stretching light into space. Real beech leaves, coated in recycled copper and silver, cradle LEDs like fragile fragments of memory. At the center, a graphite rosette marks presence and absence—black as coal, oil, and soot, the imprint of human excess. Carbon poisons and sustains; it fuels life, powers technology, and concentrates energy in the hands of a few, shaping our world in both subtle and violent ways. Triangular modules ascend like a tower of tension and light. Each leaf embodies nature’s cyclical wisdom: generating energy, falling, decomposing, and returning to the soil. Life thrives on these rhythms, consuming and releasing carbon in an unbroken flow. Through Carbon Cycles, Marchesani illuminates the delicate balance of carbon, energy, and existence—a meditation on creation, transformation, and regeneration, where our traces persist only when aligned with the flow of life.
W 220 x D 150 x H 190 cm - W 86.61 x D 59.06 x H 74.8 in
