Giordano Bruno uses love poetry in order to speak about the philosophical quest and the strive to understand the universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As in love \u2013 which is a dynamic condition \u2013 so in the search for truth, the utter gain of the object of desire is never fully accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the universe, there are infinite worlds and innumerable stars. We desperately try to grasp and fathom the totality of all things, ushered<\/p>\n\n\n\n
by an insatiable need to understand that which can never be defined completely. The Infinite, being infinite, must be infinitely pursued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within an infinite space we can define no center, in temrs of geometry. Thus, the center of the universe could be each small or bigger<\/p>\n\n\n\n
part, or the person who can perceive him\/her self as a small part of this infinite space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To understand the universe is to be mirrored and transformed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To contemplate the infinite means, in particular, to think of oneself as a tiny part of a Whole; it means to enthusiastically demonstrate <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the certainty that one\u2019s life too participates, in proportion, in the incessant movement of the Universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Nuccio Ordine, La soglia dell\u2019ombra: Letteratura, filosofia e pittura in Giordano Bruno, Venice, Marsilio Editori, 2003, p. 225) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The largescale mosaic is inspired by the roman black and white mosaics of Ostia Antica and by the monography of J. R. Clarke Figural<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Black and White Mosaics where he argues that pavement mosaics functioned as fundamental elements of the architectural space<\/p>\n\n\n\n
addressing viewers kinesthetic perception. The mosaic has been sanded and it is presented here, as a huge mirror inviting the viewer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to mirror and to perceive him\/her self as a smal part of this infinite space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Italian philosopher, poet, mathematician, and astronomer Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) defended the existence of an infinite universe with innumerable stars. He<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was sentenced to be burned to death by the Inquisition, in order to gratify the ecclesiastical perspective that sought the prevailing of the geocentric cosmologic <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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