The Crack In The Plasma Sky

stefaniabarile

Year2025

MediumOther

Custom MediumSynthetic plaster and acrylics on a glassless pre-fabricated support

Dimensions 38 × 38 × 7 cm

Price€600 EUR

The crack in the plasma sky" depicts a synthetic plaster brain on a pre-assembled industrial support. The geometric lines splitting the background represent cracks in a sky that appears, indeed, broken like a screen. This suggests a physical attempt by the brain to go beyond the limits of what it can see, not gently, but violently. The scene, which should be reassuring because of the choice of soft colours, evokes a conflict aimed at expanding the boundaries of personal awareness.

The work stems from the solo exhibition "Enjoy My Brain" (January 2026), a project exploring the contemporary perception of people seen not as human beings, but as brains operating within an imposed social laboratory. The core message is that the devastated mind searches to escape manipulation, standardisation and the consequent annihilation through self-investigation and a vertical dialogue with the Sky, which in this case is still a crash, to reclaim an authentic identity. And peace.