Je Suis La MatièreVincenzo De Cotiis

At the heart of the series lies a dialogue between the visible and the invisible. Reduced to black and white, the works retain a latent “couleur invisible” - a quiet presence that suggests what exists yet resists immediate recognition. Surfaces become fields of perception, where absence and emergence coexist. The project takes its point of departure from cosmic rocks, whose stratified structures and fragmented patterns inform the formal language of the works. This vocabulary is translated across materials including metal, Murano glass and recycled elements. As the process evolves, textures are reinterpreted within each medium, producing surfaces that fragment, overlap and merge. Distinctions begin to dissolve: metal adopts meteorite-like formations, while glass echoes the same structural rhythms, blurring the boundaries between materials. While the works appear instinctive, they are underpinned by a precise and deliberate approach, allowing matter itself to guide the formation of each piece. The resulting objects occupy a suspended state, where form remains in flux and material is understood as an ongoing process rather than a fixed condition. Je suis La Matière proposes a vision of reality in which material transformation reflects a broader cosmic dynamic, one of continual expansion, in which the visible world is perpetually shaped and reshaped.