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“When I look at the multilayered levels of diaphanous lines and spheres, I am reminded of models of the universe that depict the forces of gravity and planetary bodies. For me, the work visualizes the space-time continuum, the three-dimensional web of a spider, the ramifications of tissue in the brain, dark matter, or the structure of the universe. With ‘in orbit,’ proportions enter into new relationships; human bodies become planets, molecules, or social black holes.”
Visitors to Tomás Saraceno’s latest installation, “in orbit” become part of the art and have a good time. Each movement of individuals in the artwork is felt by everyone.
The artist describes the floating space as an oscillating network of relationships, neural pathways, resonances, and synchronous communication—a new digital geography, one that is experienced in physical terms.
The gigantic installation work has been assembled in Dusseldorf’s Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. At a height of more than 20 meters above the piazza of the K21 Ständehaus, Saraceno has suspended a net construction within which visitors can move, apparently weightlessly. This contemporary safety net, which covers altogether 2500 m², spreads itself out across three levels below the massive glass cupola of the K21. The levels are held apart from one another by a series of “spheres,” airfilled PVC balls measuring up to 8.5 meters in diameter.
The artist describes the floating space as an oscillating network of relationships, neural pathways, resonances, and synchronous communication—a new digital geography, one that is experienced in physical terms.
The gigantic installation work has been assembled in Dusseldorf’s Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen. At a height of more than 20 meters above the piazza of the K21 Ständehaus, Saraceno has suspended a net construction within which visitors can move, apparently weightlessly. This contemporary safety net, which covers altogether 2500 m², spreads itself out across three levels below the massive glass cupola of the K21. The levels are held apart from one another by a series of “spheres,” airfilled PVC balls measuring up to 8.5 meters in diameter.
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