First Light

The image is a high-resolution digital scan of the surface of a stone collected along the Dora River in Turin, Italy in 2023.
Printed at a large scale, it amplifies the visual experience of the traces emerging from the rock.
These figures are considered acheiropoietic images—forms not made by human hands.
The research draws on the practice of reading stones as a form of divination. The images revealed on the rock’s surface guide the divinatory act, activating the imagination and perceptual sensitivity of the seer.