-1 Digital Lab
22.86 x 11.43 x 11.43
Matteo Bettini en Sonia Gorecka, 2026
22.86 x 11.43 x 11.43 is a space for artistic dialogue established by Matteo Bettini and Sonia Gorecka in 2023 and continuing to the present day. The project explores the history of an erratic boulder once located at the foot of Mottarone in North-Western Alps. Formerly a natural landmark and spiritual site, the rock was gradually dismantled over the last century for the extraction of the valuable pink granite from which it was composed. Today, only its name on maps, fragments from the cutting process, and traces within local memory remain.
Erratic boulders are often described as “wandering” stones: rocks whose geological composition differs from the terrain on which they rest, indicating that they travelled significant distances over time. Before modern geology explained their origins, these formations inspired myths and stories that sought to account for their mysterious presence and movement.
Through archival images, microscopic analysis, historical documents, and conversations with local inhabitants, the project traces the material transformations and cultural relationships connected to the site.
This section of the video examines the granite at a microscopic scale, revealing its internal composition and crystalline structures through magnified imaging techniques. The analyzed material consists of a surviving fragment of the original formation - one of the few physical remnants through which the lost landmark can still be encountered.
Matteo Bettini and Sonia Gorecka
Matteo Bettini is an information designer and visual artist striving to understand what lies between the map and its territory. Through different mediums ranging from graphic interfaces to videos and installations, he explores the narratives, ambiguities, and power structures embedded within visual information.
Sonia Gorecka is a multimedia artist and designer exploring contemporary translations of the aesthetics and meanings of local heritage, through remediation processes that bridge analogue and digital realms. Her practice combines textiles, image-making and software-driven visual experiments. It unfolds through fragments of lore, informal archiving and speculative gestures that blur belief, memory, and materiality.