Ceramicoscopio

The Ceramicoscope is the instrument for viewing ceramics and fire.
With this brief assumption, the writing team set the basic coordinates for
address a collective work that aims to investigate the potential of a tool (the kiln for
ceramics) in its being an enclosed volume within which, for centuries, a transformation has been taking place
chemical-physical fixing of the ceramic material. In the substantial stillness that the normal process of
firing, the experimental perspective of the group is directed to the potential movement that the different
clay materials constituting the different works placed there, show to the action of heat.

The idea came from a free group of artists and ceramicists, previously featured at Argillà 2016 and 2018 with Brick Kiln and Micado.

The performance, traceable to experimental wood-fired firings, was conceived in 2021 and tested on two occasions (one private, the other public), the evolution of which, much debated within the working group with new insights, now takes a monumental form that can be enjoyed by a wider audience.

Starting from the fact that the ceramicoscope shows the ceramics and the fire, the collective has set the basic coordinates to direct a work that aims to investigate the potential of an instrument, the ceramic kiln, in its being an enclosed volume within which, for centuries, it has been taking place A chemical-physical transformation that fixes the ceramic material. In the static nature of the normal firing process, the experimental viewpoint is directed to the potential movement that different clay materials show at the action of heat.