120-168 MHz (PSZ2 G099.86+58.45 (z = 0.616) / Multi Band Observation Frequency Range)

Tomás Saraceno

2018
Rope, contact microphones, hardware, passive speakers, amplifiers, shakers, subwoofers
170 x 300 x 170 cm, 30 spokes
Onsite installation dimensions variable
Winsing Arts Collection

Courtesy the artist and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Photo © Andrea Rossetti

120-168 MHz (PSZ2 G099.86+58.45 (z = 0.616) / Multi Band Observation Frequency Range)

The work is part of the series of works stemming from a large-scale installation Algo-r(h)i(y)thms. Tomás Saraceno's Algo-r(h)i(y)thms was conceived in 2018 for ON AIR, the artist's Carte blanche at Palais de Tokyo, Paris—his largest project to date.

The work is made of multiple knotted black polyester ropes entangled to create a bacteria-like form. The module is anchored to the floor, ceiling and walls of the room, like a giant spider-web in which visitors are invited to wander and play with the work by touching the cords to create sounds, as if they were playing an instrument.

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Artist Biography

Tomás Saraceno

Born in Argentina in 1973, he now lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He earned a Master's degree in architecture. In 2001, he went to Germany to study art and in 2009 he joined NASA's International Space Research Program. These interdisciplinary experiences combine creation with aesthetics, architecture, science, and environmental causes in a new balance that no longer separates art and science. Tomás also believes that we should learn and pay attention to the principles of ecology as a system of cohabitation of different cultures and regions, and understand the necessity of the principle of cooperation in the universe in which we live, in order to seek answers for the future survival of the human species.

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