Knowledge, understanding: this is the fundamental purpose of humanity. The first mythologies were invented to explain meteorology. All our great inventions were the result of the obstinacy of a scientist to understand a given phenomenon. This knowledge, we were immediately obsessed with its preservation and accumulation: thus collections, museums and libraries were born, and we consider the fire of that of Alexandria as one of our greatest collective losses.
Our goal, therefore, yet also our ultimate frustration. The more we gain knowledge, the more we see the immeasurable extent of all that we will never know - this is a universal experience. So, how to transcribe in art this timeless concern, this necessary and yet endless quest?
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