PROJECT:
COLORS/MATTER  
2024 - ongoing

Colors/Matter (C/M) is an open framework for an ongoing exploration of the connections between (color) frequencies and matter, through various tactile mediums and techniques.
Subjects to these artworks are abstract compositions, and personal visual interpretations on FZ's ongoing research on scientific matters, quantum physics and particle theory.
C/M is a continuous exploration of diverse applications that are united by the ibridation of FZ’s background in applied arts with the fine art tradition, his interest in scientific knowledge and his obsession with color.
The combination of color and materiality is inspired by the ambiguous aspects of the wave/particle duality in contemporary scientific discoveries in which reality happens simultaneously as a duplexity of lightwaves and matter.
At the present time FZ is experimenting with:
- Wax-crayons on MDF boards, ceramic, canvas and paper (Vibrations)
- Ceramics and synthetic clay (Tactilities)
- Color/diffusion filters and Faux Stained Glass (ThroughLight)

Overview
  FRANCESCO ZORZI (Italy) Francesco Zorzi is a multidisciplinary artist based in Amsterdam working with a wide variety of mediums, informed by his background in design, his love for the world of Color and his fascinations into the mechanics of vision, perception and interpretation of reality. His works are united by the quest for the qualities of what makes us ‘human’, reflecting on how we interact with what’s in front of our eyes, how we make sense of it and how we explore the inner-worlds we create with it. His explorations - whether dissecting Colors or Shapes - can be seen as an ongoing study on the structure of their inner components and the interaction between each other. These abstract configurations are like fragments of a kaleidoscope in perpetual movement without a beginning or an end, offering the viewers a moment of reflection, new playgrounds for exploration and wonder. His visually ambiguous wax-crayons works, are an investigation on Color in itself: its visual perception as well as the duality of Color as both lightwave and matter. Each artwork is the result of a complex layering of various wax-crayons sticks of different tones, applied next to and on top of each other, creating an ever evolving, ever pulsating flux of constant dynamic movement. The appearance of their colors and the structure of their wax influence directly the ways they interact and ‘talk’ with each other, mutually attracting or repelling one another. They can create harmony or tension. Sometimes they blend and dance together at different speed, in an homogenous flow or in multiple streams and directions. Sometimes they clash and come into conflict with one another. These brightly-hued abstract artworks are as much about color as they are of about emotions altogether: on one side they explore the phenomenological impact color has on human perception (seen from the point of view of the viewer being in front of the artworks); on the other they interact with the ineffable emotions and sensations guiding the process of mixing the crayons (seen from the point of view of the artist producing the artworks). The colors of each artwork are immersive, physical and tactile, just like the process of its creation: Ethereal and vibrating but also palpable and present at once.