interference /in·ter·fe·rèn·za/ noun, feminine 1. The overlapping of two elements, with the potential for them to either combine or cancel each other out.

The work consists of a large rectangular surface, installed vertically in the field below Lunetta. It functions as a signal display supporting a graphic-painterly artwork. At the center of the structure is a mobile element that rotates with the force of the wind, becoming the punctum—the visual focal point that draws the viewer's gaze. The installation acts like a giant thaumatrope, set into motion by the wind: a drawing with a central movable part that, when spun, alternates between two images.

A thaumatrope (from the Greek “wonder-turner”) is a Victorian-era optical toy, attributed to Mark Roget in 1824. It consists of a small disc spun rapidly using two strings attached at either end. On each side of the disc is a complementary drawing; when spun, the persistence of vision fuses the two images into a single one. Common subjects include a bird and a cage, a vase and flowers, a bare tree and foliage, and so on. Often, short phrases split across both sides complete the illusion.

The thaumatrope brings together two complementary parts—in the case of my installation, these parts are humanity and nature. The signal delivers a message, clearly legible and in contrast with its environment, and sublimates the relationship between humans and nature in its stable yet fragile balance—a dichotomous relationship marked by attraction and destruction, harmony and violence, care and neglect.