Sketch of the Aerocene Explorer and Saraceno with its floating sculpture
Forty reflective umbrellas hung at the latest edition of **Art Basel** creating a large sundial on the coast of Miami Beach.
This spectacular geometric constellation, named albedo and designed to interact with the public, was conceived by Tomas Saraceno in collaboration with Audemars Piguet . The watchmaking manufacturer, which has supported this fair since 2013, sponsored this initiative with which it pursues protect the thermodynamic balance of the Earth : The structure harnesses solar energy to levitate the Aerocene Foundation's iconic floating aerosol sculpture, the Aerocene Explorer.
This foundation – made up of artists, geographers, philosophers, thinkers, speculative scientists, explorers, aeronauts, technologists and dreamers of all kinds – was created by the artist to promote reflection on alternative ways of life and the ethical relationship with the environment, and organize "air travel" , a project born in 2007 that transforms used plastic bags into flying sculptures that work with solar energy, ridding the atmosphere of fossil fuels.
Saraceno is an Argentine creator based in Berlin, whose installation Galaxies Forming along Filaments , like Droplets along the Strands of a Spider's Web (2009) took the Calder Award at the 53rd Venice Biennale.
He based his research on art, architecture, natural sciences, astrophysics and engineering and pioneered the reconstruction and imagine habitats space of spider webs.
your sample On-Air , focused on the environment and the cosmos, can be visited at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris until January 6, and includes an Albedo prototype
The artist, who presented a new work at Art Basel with Audemars Piguet