STATEMENT

CaCO3 is a manifesto name that openly declares the collective’s main interest: the exploration of matter in its dynamic aspects of transformation over time, modularity in space, aggregation and decay, through analytical research and attitudes.

Calcium carbonate, whose chemical formula is CaCO3, is a compound found in many stone materials widely used in building, such as limestone, marble and travertine, and it is also the basis for the production of cement, mortar, lime and plaster.

CaCO3 adopts a methodological approach borrowed from the practices of mosaic restoration and of architectural floor and wall coverings, and it is from these fields that the group draws a field of research in which theory and practice converge.

In CaCO3’s work, manual activity on matter, traceable to the techniques of mosaic and of floor and wall coverings, is built on the repeated actions of cutting, mixing, spreading and laying, and critically reflects the relationship that today’s societies have with the techniques and materials of dwelling.