Capital letters printed on a sheet of paper, juxtaposed to form the phrase ‘Il nulla non c’è’. The work was displayed during the Philosophy Festival of Rome at Mauri’s solo ‘L’universo d’uso’ (Universe of Use) exhibition. The artist wrote: ‘For years, I’ve had the habit of reading physics books. Recently, I’ve come across definitions of the Universe that had previously eluded me. Today, physicists tend to unquestionably consider it to be closed, not open, as Einstein ultimately thought; worse: without an edge, you cannot gaze out into nothingness. I designed a written painting. It says: There is no nothing. That is, there is no edge that overlooks nothing; it cannot be there on its own.’1

1. F. Mauri, ‘Le avanguardie: l’arte e la rivoluzione culturale’, conference paper for Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 18 April 2008. Unpublished text, Fabio Mauri Archive, Rome.