
…while Suspended Column, plays on lightness/heaviness, in Movements the contrast is between the present and infinity. On the one hand, the column, vertical architectural element, load-bearing, symbol of stability and equilibrium, expression of upward tension and at the same time anchorage to the ground. On the other hand, the sphere, symbol of the terrestrial globe, like the astrolabe of Eratosthenes, a concentration of wisdom and virtues, beyond time.
(Umberto Vattani)