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21/6/2013

Tomas Saraceno

K20 Kunstsammlung, Dusseldorf

Suspended more than 25 meters above the piazza of the K21 is Tomas Saraceno's gigantic installation in orbit. This steel wire construction spans the museum's vast glass cupola on three different levels. Positioned within this net structure, which encompasses altogether 2500 mq, are half a dozen "spheres" - inflated spheres having diameters up to 8.5 meters. Visitors have access to this transparent installation, and can move freely between the spheres on all three levels. In orbit resembles a surreal landscape, is reminiscent of a sea of clouds. Those bold enough to clamber high into the work set beneath the glass cupola perceive the museum visitors far below them from the lofty heights as tiny figures in a model world. Viewed from below or from intermediate levels of the Standehaus, conversely, the people enmeshed in this net seem to be swimming in the sky. This floating spatial configuration becomes an oscillating network of relationships, resonances, and synchronous communication. In orbit was planned by Saraceno over a period of three years in collaboration with engineers, architects, and biologists, and is his most elaborate installation to date. Curators: Marion Ackermann and Susanne Meyer-Buser.

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