El artista argentino Tomas Saraceno propone crear ciudades que flotan entre las nubes para solucionar el problema de la sobrepoblación en la tierra.
Entre el 11 y 16 de Mayo expone su proyecto en el centro cultural Barbican de Londres.
Allí mostrará una video-instalación que dará el espectador la sensación de volar por las nubes. Según el ensayo en el sito del Barbican, Saraceno estudio arquitectura y su trabajo explora como podríamos vivir en el futuro.
Esta muestra es parte de una exposición que abre en el Barbican Art Gallery llamado Ciudad del Futuro: Experimento y Utópia en la arquitectura 1956-2006.
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4.5.06
Las Ciudades Flotantes de Tomas Saraceno
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Tomas Saraceno
The Curve, Barbican Art Gallery, London
11 May – 16 July 2006
Admission Free
Media View, Wednesday 10 May 2006, 5 – 6.30pm
Private View, Wednesday 10 May 2006, 6.30 – 8.30pm
Argentinean artist Tomas Saraceno has a unique vision of life in the future. In the first of a series of new commissions by contemporary artists for The Curve, Saraceno is creating a dramatic video installation that will give the viewer the impression of living in the clouds. The work is being filmed in the Solar de Uyuni in Bolivia, the largest salt lake on Earth and a landscape of unrivalled natural beauty.
To make his piece Saraceno is travelling to the 12,000 square kilometre expanse of the Solar de Uyuni. The lake is set in a desert 3,600 metres above sea level, where a thin layer of water creates a mirror upon which the viewer can walk, and upon which the clouds are perfectly reflected. The artist will float a ring of 32 cameras on the lake, creating a breathtaking panoramic image. This image will be projected onto the eighty-metre wall of The Curve, using 32 video projectors. The result will be both beautiful and disorientating, immersing the viewer in an environment made entirely of clouds, and provoking questions about our relationship to the environment.
In recent years The Curve has showcased a rich mix of contemporary art and design. From May onwards this commitment will be emphasised, as The Curve will be dedicated to a series of new commissions, in which artists will be invited to respond to the distinctive architecture of the space. These exhibitions will enable artists to develop their work and realise projects on a scale that is seldom available. Tomas Saraceno will be followed by British artist Richard Wilson (27 September 2006 – 14 January 2007) and Danish artist Jeppe Hein (February – April 2007).
Tomas Saraceno was trained as an architect, and his work explores how we might live in the future. In particular the artist is interested in the possibility of floating cities, and his work can be compared to the Utopian visions of radical architects in the sixties. However, Saraceno considers such flying cities as potential solutions to contemporary problems such as over-population and environmental damage, and sees all of his works as practical experiments within this larger project. The artist often employs cutting-edge technology, and was recently invited to participate in a conference held by the European Space Agency.
Saraceno’s plan is to develop floating cities made up from mobile cells. Lighter-than-air vehicles fascinate the artist, and his Solar Balloon (2001) used recycled materials and solar power to lift a single passenger into the air. Another innovative and spectacular project was On-Air (2004), realised at Pinksummer in Genoa. For this work the artist created a transparent PVC cushion six metres high, on which people were suspended as if on air. Saraceno’s exhibition in The Curve is an extension of such projects, all of which challenge the boundaries of art and architecture.
Tomas Saraceno was born in Argentina in 1973 and lives in Dusseldorf. He trained as an architect in Buenos Aires , and studied art and architecture at the Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, under teachers such as Thomas Bayrle and Peter Cook . In 2005 his work was presented in several major group exhibitions, including: I Still Believe in Miracles, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Luna Park. Fantastic Art, Villa Manin Centre for Contemporary Art, Italy; and at the First Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art.
Tomas Saraceno’s exhibition in The Curve complements Future City: Experiment and Utopia in Architecture 1956 to 2006 , which opens in the Barbican Art Gallery on15 June and runs until 17 September 2006. The latter exhibition contains over 60 groundbreaking projects and urban plans from around the world, illustrating the energy and experimentation that characterise radical architecture, and raising questions about the changing nature of buildings, cities and society.
LISTINGS INFORMATION The Curve, Barbican Art Gallery, London Opening times: daily 11am – 8pm Public information; 0845 1207550 www.barbican.org.uk Admission is free
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