matter & texture

sonic paints

Sound-Activated Canvas Diptych (2026)

Created in collaboration with: MOOD

Medium: Acrylics, organic materials, watercolours, metallic pigments, fluorescent powders, salt crystals, and glue on canvas

Dimensions: 40 × 30 cm & 30 × 40 cm

Exhibitions: Two Suns at Once, Treehouse NDSM (Amsterdam, 2026)

Status: Available / Exhibition Series

Concept Statement:

Created in collaboration with electronic music duo MOOD, Sonic Paints explores the invisible boundary between acoustic sound and physical form. Rather than simply painting to music, sound frequencies are weaponized as a brush, shaping pigments, powders, and organic matter directly on the canvas to turn sound waves into physical fossils of frequency.

The project generated two distinct canvases whose material identities were dictated by the unique energy, rhythm, and acoustic signature of MOOD's tracks Asteroid and Plants of the Gods.

Asteroid (The Cosmic Impact)

Plants of the Gods (The Organic Growth)

Asteroid (The Cosmic Impact)

Driven by sharp kick drums, complex rhythmic structures, and percussive sub-bass frequencies. The intense rhythmic energy shatters the acoustic waves across the surface, creating a dense, explosive core of metallic pigments, fluorescent powders, salt crystals, and scattered turquoise glitter that evokes a field of cosmic debris.

Plants of the Gods (the organic growth)

Responding to deep, ambient, and immersive sub-frequencies, this canvas captures the biological side of sound. Continuous acoustic waves trigger chemical interactions that form microscopic, cellular patterns and green pigment clusters, unfolding like organic moss, spores, and living tissue across the canvas.

fluid chaos

Tactile Relief Canvas (2024)

Medium: Mixed media on canvas (wood, repurposed fabric, natural elements, acrylics, and fluid pigments)

Dimensions: 35 × 30 cm

Status: Available / Selected for texture study

Concept Statement:

Fluid Chaos is a tactile experimentation with raw materials like wood, repurposed textiles, and collected natural elements, integrated into a multi-layered relief that bridges physical texture with raw emotion.

Inspired by the unpredictable, boundaryless shifts of the atmosphere and sky, the piece applies intense colors with deliberate freedom. The dynamic contrast between the grounded, rigid structure of natural materials and the fluid expansion of color captures the ongoing tension between order and release, control and freedom, inviting the viewer into a sensory landscape where material chaos finds balance.

NON SI BUTTA VIA NIENTE (NOTHING GOES TO WASTE)

Tactile Installation & Scented Objects (2015)

Medium: Upcycled food scrap fibers, natural plant nutrients, vintage steel kitchen utensils, and artisanal botanical fragrances

Dimensions: Variable dimensions

Exhibitions & Presentations: Milano Design Week for FSDesignHub & Bottega 1911 (Milan, IT, 2015)

Status: Private collections (Sold out)

Concept Statement:

Created for Milano Design Week, Non si butta via niente investigates the intersection of nutritional habits, upcycling, and olfactory design. Rethinking kitchen scraps not as waste but as living, fibrous matter, the installation explores how food remnants can be transformed into multi-sensory interior objects.

The project unfolds in two distinct phases:

Fibers: Old, discarded steel kitchen tools are combined with hand-dyed organic scrap fibers to create scented spatial accessories. The cold, linear steel contrasts with warm, irregular fibrous textures, which immediately absorb and continuously release botanical fragrances.

Shape: Hand-sculpted before drying, the fibers form unique, multiform vessels designed for low-water flora such as succulents, orchids, and lichens. The natural nutrients remaining within the food remnants serve as an inexhaustible, built-in fertilizer—celebrating circular design and tactile utility.