Permanent Collection
Tomás SARACENO
A cluster of clear balloons tethered in the air by net-like ropes. Saraceno made this work envisaging a time in which people might enter it. It presents the artist’s alternative to our earthbound cities: a city that floats in the air, altering form like a cloud, freed from concepts like national border or territory. The sight of the balloons tightly bound to each other also alludes to the multiplicity and interdependence of the Planet’s environments and the webs of life that inhabit and compose them.
Photo : Oyamada Kuniya
Tomás SARACENO
Born 1973 in Tucuman, Argentina; lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Saraceno studied art and architecture in Buenos Aires (Argentina), Frankfurt (Germany) and Venice (Italy). His works involve ongoing research, informed by the worlds of art, architecture, natural sciences, astrophysics and engineering; his floating sculptures, community projects and interactive installations propose and explore new, sustainable ways of inhabiting and sensing the environment. His works have been shown at museums and bi/triennials across the globe including the 58th Venice Biennale (Italy, 2019) and “ON AIR,” his Carte Blanche exhibition at Palais de Tokyo (Paris, France, 2018).
2008
Air, net, elliptical pillows
591×869×630 cm
