TRINITY - Marco Trinca Colonel

TRINITY is an experimental artist's book about the legacy of the first nuclear explosion.

On July 16, 1945, the first atomic test was conducted at the Trinity site in the New Mexico desert. The blast transformed desert sand into a glassy material known as trinitite.

Decades later, scientists discovered within trinitite a rare quasicrystal - a structure that shows order without repeating patterns.

Starting from this unexpected material trace, Trinity explores how historical events are recorded, transmitted, and reinterpreted over time.

Through a sequence of archival images, scientific diagrams, and visual fragments, the book examines the relationship between art, science, and the history of the atomic age.

Rather than presenting a linear narrative, Trinity investigates how knowledge emerges from layers of sources that shift meaning across time.

Images and documents travel through history, accumulating interpretations and transformations.
The book reflects on how these stratified traces shape the way we relate to the past-and to the images through which we encounter it.