Between the nets, six inflatable PVC spheres up to 8.5 m (30 ft)
in diameter, divide the space and allow visitors to move freely (Image:
Studio Tomás Saraceno ovides 2,500 sq m (27,000 sq ft) of steel wire
safety nets stretched between three different levels below the glass
cupola of the piazza. Between the nets, six inflatable PVC spheres up to
8.5 m (30 ft) in diameter divide the space and allow visitors to move
freely around each "net" floor.
"To describe the work means to describe the people who use it – and
their emotions," explains Tomás Saraceno. "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."
In the three years of planning for the installation, Saraceno
consulted with engineers, architects, and spider experts
(arachnologists). Saraceno has also established a study of living
spiders and their delicate web formation in the artist's room of the
gallery's K21 Ständehaus building to inform the design process. Saraceno
has created a formidable web as a result of these studies, the net
structure alone weighs 3000 kg (6,600 lb), and the largest of the
spheres weighs 300 kg (660 lb).
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