There is something deeply human about the act of accumulation. A gathering of material, a collection of fragments—an attempt to impose order on chaos. CUMULI explores the paradox of the heap: a form that is at once defined and undefined, a structure that resists stability yet demands recognition.

The project situates the heap as a metaphor for time, transformation, and impermanence. Each mound, shaped by human intervention or natural forces, carries its own narrative. There is no final form, only a perpetual state of becoming. What appears as an intentional composition is, in reality, a system in flux—one that swells, disperses, and reshapes itself under external influence.

In CUMULI, various technologies and seemingly disparate subjects converge, forming a visual narrative that is both fragmented and cohesive. There is an awareness of history, a nod to geological time, as if each heap were a miniature landscape—temporary yet ancient, shaped by invisible hands. The project does not impose meaning but instead invites reflection: what is the relationship between form and disorder? Between presence and erasure? Between accumulation and loss?

Thursday, March 6th, Tobia Faverio presents CUMULI at Ten Thousand Feet. An artisanal portfolio box designed and curated by Filippo Antonioli and collects 21 pictures made between 2021 and 2024.