Born in Argentina, Tomas Saraceno now works predominantly in Frankfurt and Main. He creates large scale installations with the use of black rope in mind-boggling scale. He finds interest in the workings of spiderwebs and the suspension of things in them such as drops of water. He says that everyone takes away a different experience from his work dependent on their experiences in life.
The way that he has taken such a small, thin medium such as this black rope he uses and turned it into something large scale and immersive astounds me. He manages to transform the space completely. I can only imagine what it would feel like to see this in reality. This is what I think I aim to do with wool in the future as an extension of my current works. At the moment they are working within space but not at all 'transforming' the space. I think that taking them to a larger scale would do that. Hopefully I will manage to transform a whole room at some stage and create an immersive experience for the viewer just a Saraceno does.
References
gustavhofer. 2009. "saraceno biennale export arte." YouTube video, posted June 4. Accessed August 28, 2011. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YBiwGiT_FY&feature=player_embedded.
Saraceno, Tomas. 2011. Tomás Saraceno: 14 Billions. Italy: Skira Editore.
Saraceno, Tomas. "Tomas Sacareno- Official Website" Accessed August 27, 2011. http://www.tomassaraceno.com/
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