Handmade and industrial candies are displayed as if they were emeralds or diamonds, catalogued by hardness, transparency, brilliance, and tone, just as gemology dictates. By transforming colored sugar into “museum stones,” the work questions the impulse that drives us to desire, acquire, and treasure.
This first stage brings together sweets from different regions whose appearance recalls gems or minerals. Their rarity is purely apparent, yet enough to spark fascination and value—much like precious stones, whose cultural significance far exceeds any physical property. In this way, the piece shifts the logic of luxury toward a fragile and ephemeral material, revealing the social construction of desire and asking what, in truth, draws us to what shines.
