Each artwork is made up one only one kind of shell, which the artist uses in multiples as he explores the physical qualities and hidden beauties of the material.
“The Law of Past Experience”, a reference to one of the best-known principles of Gestalt psychology. This particular law postulating that under certain circumstances visual stimuli are categorized according to past experiences, underpins the Boolean series. In practical terms, it means that when our field of vision encounters a group of unfamiliar elements, our brain “sees” shapes or figures according to our mnemonic vocabulary, sometimes completing or uniting what our eyes perceive as incomplete or fragmented. In this sense, Nucleo encourages viewers to use their imagination to reconfigure the strange yet familiar objects in front of them according to their own subconscious templates.