PLANET GIO'. Soil upheaval

Oil on canvas 110.5x164 cm. 2001

On the planet Gio can sometimes occur earthquakes of strong magnitude, with consequent upheaval of the soil, and it is therefore natural to pose the problem of the safety of residents. There is no fear for their physical integrity because the cataclysms on this planet - for empathic connection with the residents - are not dangerous: no damage is caused to people. But if this were to happen, the damage suffered could be eliminated with the power of thought alone, capable of expressing a healing energy.

It should be noted that on that planet the cataclysm follows laws that are not merely destructive but also respectful of "superior "aesthetic canons". That is, it upsets and destroys, but with taste and attention to the final result, which always intrigues and amuses, moving the landscape. The damage here counts little; everything is reconstructed with ease, when the interest in preserving the aesthetic turmoil produced by the earthquake does not prevail.

What is that object on the ground in the center of the painting? It is a vibration generator preordained to hinder certain effects of the earthquake, because the earthquake, although intelligent, sometimes tends to exaggerate.

THE REPRESENTED WORLDS The paintings recreate moments of life in the landscape of the (imaginary) planets Giò and Artù, planets both spiritually more evolved than Earth, characterized by a more "subtle" material aspect than ours, by a less heavy physical material.
Such spirituality not only has to do with the figuration of humanoid souls but rather includes elements of nature, trees, volcanoes, islands, which are a clear indication of autonomous intelligence.

The planet Giò, in its spiritual evolution is a step toward the very heightened planet Artù, but it is not an evil planet when compared to the good planet Artù. Its lower evolution allows me to adapt it to specifically "chiaroscuro" themes like pollution (which is quickly remedied with refrigerated containers), industrial districts (sufficiently ecological), etc. There are no wars. The number 1 painting, War, is set in a planet called "of earth" (reminiscent of our planet) never mentioned again. Situations with strong contrasts are found only in entities of lower evolution: elements of nature, mountains, islands, plants. In Giò, such entities as we know them immersed in the dream of matter, or (perhaps) in elementary psyche, finally awaken in the conscience and, at this stage of evolution can also lead to hostile behavior projecting up to war and terrorism, but considered by their implicit immaturity with distant irony.
The planet Arthur, because of its high evolution, does not illustrate somewhat disturbing issues but rather evolutionary aspects involved in a somewhat necessarily monotone expansion. There all of nature, consistent with the greater spiritual evolution of its "residents", participates in its events expressing sensitivity and empathy.
Both planets are placed beyond the confines of our reality, in a dimension that is a place of survival and destination after physical failure; the place to continue the evolutionary experience according to the esotericism of many religions, moreover evident in Christianity: "In my Father's house there are many abodes".
In that sense we can speak of the eschatological character of this painting.