In 1987, amid the historic porticoes and archways of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, a profound artistic intuition began to take shape.
The idea was born and nurtured following meetings with the renowned collector Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo.
The core concept is the creation of a surreal and symbolic installation, characterized by an approach that is at times minimalist.
The beating heart of the work lies in the light: filtering through hand-painted silk fabrics, the luminosity generates a suspended atmosphere, giving life to a musical, almost fixed and hypnotic silence.
After an intense journey of field experimentation — experienced both in direct contact with wild nature and within suggestive historical contexts — in 1991 the installation found its definitive form.
The work was officially presented in the prestigious halls of Palazzo Metternich in Vienna, with an exclusive introduction and presentation curated by the famous Master of Fantastic Realism, Professor Ernst Fuchs.
The exhibition staging transforms into a synesthetic journey.
Enveloped by the ambient and suspended compositions of Brian Eno, the works appear to the viewer like vibrant stained-glass windows of cathedrals.
In the dim light of the darkened rooms, cross-faded sequences unfold: a continuous flow of cosmic symbols linked to the four elements (Earth, Air, Water, Fire), accompanied by the suggestions and precise hues of the alchemical planetary metals (Iron, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Mercury) and visions of primordial organisms.
The photographs in this digital portfolio are intentionally free of any digital post-production. The choice to keep the original files intact allows one to savour the authentic grain, contrasts, and time-weathered tones of the old film slides, recovered directly from the historical archives of Yonah.
