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Project Map: A Constellation

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If one reads the statements of all the projects presented within The Primordial Trilogy, it becomes clear that the research is not centred on three subjects, but on four fundamental elements:

  • Energy

  • Matter

  • Water

  • Life

Terra is the place where these elements converge.  

In this page, the research is presented not as a hierarchy but as a constellation. A constellation suggests no predetermined path, but a network of relationships that visitors may explore freely, following different routes and connections. As in a planetarium, the names of the larger groups remain unspoken.

Each star represents a field of investigation.

The blue stars belong to the realm of Primary Energy (Galaxies, Mass & Energy Instant, Mass & Energy Transformations and Defrost).

The ochre stars belong to Terra (Origins, Transformations, Earth Skin and Mankind).

Pool and Mankind share the same green colour within the constellation. The connection is intentional. While Pool explores water and the flow of life, Mankind acknowledges human presence — including my own — as part of the same continuum.

Rather than describing a fixed structure, this map invites visitors to navigate the research through their own associations, moving freely between matter, energy, water and life.

G01-Black-and-white macrophotograph revealing a dense field of granular textures and crystalline formations.
          Galaxies
MEI – 02: Close-up of submerged rocks and pebbles beneath shallow seawater, with golden sunlight reflections creating fluid patterns across the water surface.
    Mass & Energy Instant. MEI
Macro photograph of submerged pebbles beneath flowing shallow seawater, with blue and golden sunlight reflections distorted by moving water.
Close-up photograph of wildflowers frozen beneath translucent ice, with air bubbles and melting patterns across the surface.
  Defrost
Mass & Energy Transformation
MET
A large pale leaf floats on dark water, surrounded by reflections of palm fronds and small traces of vegetation.
Pool
TR-04-Dry leaves and a wilted dry flower resting among woodland vegetation on the forest floor.
Transformations
O-04- Black-and-white photograph of a sculptural tree trunk and surrounding vegetation beneath a clear sky.
Origins
Burned tree stumps and charred wood scattered across an ash-covered clearing, with mountains and surviving trees in the background.
Earth Skin
MR-09: Himba family gathered beneath the shade of a tree in northern Namibia. A mother touches a child's head while other children sit nearby and a young man stands beside the group.
Mankind
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Mass & Energy 

Giuseppe Potente
Fine Art Photography

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