FRANCESCO CAVALIERE

“During the presentation, Francesco Cavaliere read some travel mosaics, 20x20 cm reading mosaics that, like the pages of a book, can be flipped through and read aloud to tell the hilarious story of Sijuaq the Seer Curlew. This story constitutes the second part of the Solimandante cycle, a magical and chivalric audio tale pressed on vinyl by the attentive record label Poole Music, founded by Henry Smith & Asher Woodworth in Portland, Maine, in 2020.”

The record was an opportunity to discuss with the artists the significant value that mosaics hold in their work. The tile is considered as an alphabetical equivalent of a textual weaving in progress, highlighting the importance of transforming artistic material over time and space. Moreover, copies of the book “Anubis vs Baboon: archaeological fantasies of a Roman mosaic in the 21st century,” published by Postmedia Books provided further insights into the creative and conceptual visions of the artists regarding mosaics and their representation in the contemporary world.