Mauro Zanchi

“In addition to the design structure and the prediction of the final result, Botto is interested in the plastic potential of the image when trying to render the explosion as an ephemeral sculpture in the transformation of space. The photographic medium is involved not only as a device capable of capturing and prolonging the sculptural dimension of an explosion – beyond the capture of an instant that would otherwise escape perception in a more extended period of time – but also to deconstruct the visual celebration of the romantic sublime present in the landscape, through the passages of meaning between the three-dimensional world and two-dimensionality.”