Daily Stone is a work realized for the Bangkok Art Biennale 2022. A part of a majestic natural stone's surface has been engraved to create two-plane surfaces on which to place the day's newspaper. Every day the newspaper is changed, as 'today's' news becomes 'yesterday's' news. In this way, the artwork constantly changes, keeping current with the current dispatch. In contrast to the ever-changing report, the stone, which has now become the carrier of the daily news,  remains unchanged and uninterested in human facts, just as it has been for millennia. Static and fleeting are the two elements of the Daily Stone, which could only be defined and complete once the newspaper and the stone are juxtaposed together.

Francesco Arena, Daily Stone, 2022.
Carved natural stone with newspaper.
Image courtesy of the artist and Bangkok Art Biennale