Domenico Matera - A New Friend
The concession of the word being carries within it a sense of decadence, forgetfulness, and unawareness. The brilliance of the beginning illuminates our understanding, but it does so by confronting us with our own negativity. What reveals this to us is the word itself—or rather, the misunderstanding of the word, which translates physis into ideas, and the genetics of being into the realization of the body.
Through this project, I aim to highlight that the sensory, visual language formed through an empathetic union with horses does not distort reality through words but instead enhances the mystery of physis, expressing it through the infinite possibilities of nature’s being. Physis is the essence of being itself, the foundation that allows beings to become observable and to remain so. It dwells in its own appearance and abides there.
A lack of understanding about light often leads us to consider shadows as the most real. This condition, which immobilizes us in the darkness of shadows, prevents us from experiencing manifestations beyond what is immediately visible. It forces us to equate the infinite potential of being’s manifestation with the limited scope of what we perceive in a moment, confusing truth with shadows.
The sensory connection with horses has offered me a tangible, unique, and genuine experience—something true and transparent. In an era when the notion of bodily fulfillment is often suffocated by the falsehood of words, my friendship with horses has enabled me to encounter an unfiltered truth.
