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Tomás Saraceno — Airport City/ Cloud-city/ 6 Cloud Modules 60 Solar
Tomás Saraceno

Airport City/ Cloud-city/ 6 Cloud Modules 60 Solar

2013

A monumental architectural web of interlocking geometric modules, *Airport City/ Cloud-city/ 6 Cloud Modules 60 Solar* suspends beech plywood polyhedra in a sprawling, interconnected network of nylon and polyester rope. Solar panels integrated into the structure blur the boundary between artwork and living system, suggesting a self-sustaining aerial habitat adrift between earth and sky. Saraceno envisions an alternative model of human dwelling — a utopian cloud city freed from terrestrial constraints, inspired equally by spider webs, soap bubbles, and the dream of weightless communal existence.

Medium
beech plywood, solar panels, wiring, nylon and polyester rope

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Contemporary Curated

April 14, 2020

Estimate: $30,000$50,000

Lot 35

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Tomás Saraceno, Airport City/ Cloud-city/ 6 Cloud Modules 60 Solar, 2013

A monumental architectural web of interlocking geometric modules, *Airport City/ Cloud-city/ 6 Cloud Modules 60 Solar* suspends beech plywood polyhedra in a sprawling, interconnected network of nylon and polyester rope. Solar panels integrated into the structure blur the boundary between artwork and living system, suggesting a self-sustaining aerial habitat adrift between earth and sky. Saraceno envisions an alternative model of human dwelling — a utopian cloud city freed from terrestrial constraints, inspired equally by spider webs, soap bubbles, and the dream of weightless communal existence.

Medium
beech plywood, solar panels, wiring, nylon and polyester rope
Year
2013
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Argentinian, Environmental, Installation, Mixed Media, Experimental, Sculptural, Urban, Sustainable, Architecture, Contemporary

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Collected by

Gavin Kennedy