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title: 'Francesca Porreca - Narciso Bresciani Artista'
description: "The debate on the duality of matter/memory – of which Narciso Bresciani's work constitutes an original variation "
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### FRANCESCA PORRECA

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The debate on the duality of matter/memory – of which Narciso Bresciani's work constitutes an original variation – began with an essay by the French philosopher Henri Bergson published in 1896, which explores the relationship between perception, consciousness and memory in relation to matter and the dimension of time. Matter exists exactly as it is perceived, that is, in the form of images: hence the importance of perception, the key instrument by which the body relates to reality. Through conscious perception, man adds his original contribution to the images, while his relationship with matter acquires duration, extending beyond the instant, in the domain of memory.

Memory thus comes into play in representation, able to manifest what is no longer present, in other words the physical matter with which the body came into contact at the moment of perception. The plastic production of Narciso Bresciani, an array of sculptures of varying sizes and environmental installations, features extensive experimentation with techniques and materials – from stoneware to enamels, from plexiglass to iron to ash – and careful modulation of the chromatic and material aspects of surfaces. Each work seems to emphasize the need for a conscious perception of space, and translates the artist's relationship with time and the layering of the creative process; the symbolic importance of each work is amplified by the tactile approach – firstly that of the author in relation to the clay to be moulded, and subsequently that of the viewer with the sculpture as it exists within its space, waiting for a new encounter.

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Published: 14 December 2023

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