Mercurio

Mercury is a planet of earth. In the Greek mithology, Mercury was the Gods' messanger. It's color is light yellow. It's the planet of communication and this requires a speaker and a listener.
This display case is consecrated to the opening, to the dialogue. The inscription "ti ascolto"/"I am listening to you" resides in an empty and neutral space in the background: it means that there is no prejudice, no preconception, only the willingness to listen to whatever can be told, giving free hand, filling this open space with words, with a tale, with any form of communication.
To give prominence to the words is underlined by the position of the big coloured letters at the bottom of the display case. Colour, light and mouvement radiate from these letters, these words: "parlami"/"talk to me". If you really listen to, and nor only hear, the words take on a different meaning, they become alive, brighten up, take shape. The letters are jazzed up with young people because the age Mercury indicates is the one in which a child starts to talk.
assemblage, tempera, little plastic letters, Faller® miniatures "Playing children" H0 151023, in wooden frame 20x21x8,5 cm., 2011