"Skyward by Ezequiel Pini, the artist and designer behind Six N. Five, glimmers within the landscape of Manar Abu Dhabi 2025 as a composed encounter between material density and reflected atmosphere. The public artwork begins with a single gabbro stone extracted from the UAE town of Ras al Khaimah, positioned so its dark surface absorbs the desert sun while revealing fine variations in texture. Its presence feels anchored to geological time as it was first shaped by natural forces and then by weeks of hand refinement."
"Across from the stone, a illuminated mirrored plane of digital art introduces an entirely different register. The surface gathers the sky and returns it to the ground, creating a shifting field that responds to weather, hour, and the quiet movement of visitors. This pairing forms the basic spatial rhythm of Skyward, one element rooted in the earth, the other oriented toward the open expanse overhead."
"Six N. Five's placement of the monolith and mirror frames a passage that draws visitors to Skyward through a measured sequence. The gap between them serves as a calibrated threshold, where the mass of gabbro stone meets the immaterial clarity of reflected light. Ezequiel Pini's work often dwells on elemental contrasts, and here the installation translates those interests into a built environment."
Skyward places a single gabbro stone extracted from Ras al Khaimah on the desert landscape. The stone's dark surface absorbs the sun and reveals fine variations in texture after weeks of hand refinement anchored to geological time. Opposite the stone, an illuminated mirrored plane gathers the sky and returns it to the ground as a shifting reflective field. The pairing of dense stone and immaterial mirror establishes a spatial rhythm with a calibrated threshold between earth and open expanse. Digital projections guided by Abu Dhabi constellations animate the mirror, evoking navigation by stars while remaining grounded in architectural scale and light behavior.
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