Tomàs Saraceno, Cloud Cities
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (Germany) 15.09.2011 -
Motive Gallery, Amsterdam (Netherlands). 12.03 -
Press release
Tomás Saraceno's installations shatter traditional concepts relating to place, time,
gravity and traditional ideas as to what constitutes architecture. His works are
utopian and invite the viewer to play a part in their impact on a particular space,
as they reach up to the sky and down to the ground. The artist creates gardens that
hang in the air and allow visitors to float in space, fulfilling a dream shared by
all humankind. Saraceno draws inspiration from soap bubbles and the incredible strength
and flexibility of spider webs.
The interests of the artist (born in 1973, in Tucuman/Argentina)
are broad and he moves with confidence from place to place throughout the world.
With his studio in Frankfurt, it is unsurprising that the city's international airport
plays an important role in his work. Everything he does appears to develop from a
certain degree of boundlessness, motivated by an interest in the changes taking place
in the world in which we live. Each of his objects invites the viewer to consider
alternative forms of knowledge, feelings and our interaction with others.
The exhibition
in the Hamburger Bahnhof will for the first time see approx. 20 of his balloon models
go on show at one time. The exhibition will give visitors the chance to see for themselves
how the hanging settlements interact with each other and the space, not merely by
observing them from afar, but by actually entering them.
© ArtCatalyse International / Marika Prévosto 2011. All Rights Reserved
Exhibition September 15, 2011 -
International past exhibitions 2011