Preface to Portfolio Conceptual Borders | Photographer Luigi Cassinelli

Here, I photograph conceptual borders, a map where the human condition navigates disparate worlds. In this cerebral constellation, speculation proves vulnerable to self inflicted traps such as fanaticism, denial and reifying; then, borders become walls and we divide.

MODELS AND REALITY

The latest release of this wall wears an electronic costume, but it stems from an ancient playground. Materialists' indifference, a delusional game now governed by mutant algorithms, delivers machine learning along with human dullness. We cannot ask machines the courage to be ourselves; the quest for union and knowledge demands for intrepid humans.

METAPHYSICS' TOOL

Metaphysical questions might be the first we ask and the first we leave behind; regardless, they challenge everything we practice. We are still ancient children, and we know a little; we know we need relationships to survive. Unsolved, hard questions point to the nature of these relationships. Dear Aristotle, what drives our desire to know? Is it justice? Is it beauty? Is it domination?