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Artist Influence – Tomas Saraceno – Recap/Extended
I have already talked about Saraceno before, but I feel like I need an update.
So for most of my professional practice, I have been influenced by Tomas Saraceno in some way or form. I was instantly drawn towards his ’14 Billions’ piece, I just adored the use of space and how the public were allowed to explore the piece. The amount of information, time, and energy that went into making ’14 Billions’ astounds me.
’14 Billions’ is a great example of architecture, and the structure of how a spider’s web is formed. I’m personally interested by the use of rope, grounding points, and tying methods within the piece. After researching this piece, it lead me to create my own variation of it, and has then gone on to be a permanent feature within my work.
This is where my constant use of string derived from. String is a simple material which used in the right way, can create wonderful pieces of work. If I hadn’t come across Saraceno at the time which I did, I wouldn’t be doing what I do now.
Artist Influence – Tomás Saraceno
Tomás Saraceno, has always been a favourite artist of mine. His work has always intrigued me, by the way the architecture of his work stands alone by itself. One of my favourite pieces of Saraceno’s work is his 14 billion piece, which is an installation piece on how a spider constructs its web; I used it as influence for one of my earlier projects in A-level, and since then I have always been interested in installation and the use of space.
From what I’ve gathered, Saraceno has always been interested in creating his own environment, most of his work is the lead to an idea, which is to create a city in the clouds. Saraceno’s background knowledge in architecture has given him the ability to create unimaginable spaces in which are interactive to the viewer; these spaces allow the viewer to explore their surroundings within the space without any fear of danger, even though some of these spaces do require the viewer to step out of their comfort zone. I personally have not experienced any of Saraceno’s work, from what I’ve heard though his work is amazing to see and to experience.
Saraceno’s work relates to mine because we are both interested in creating our own world, whether this be within reality or imaginary. With Saraceno having the knowledge of architecture and how to build his own world, he has the ability to go beyond the limits of space and create unbelievable spaces.
Tomás Saraceno is influenced by space, the space around the Earth, outer space, all of space. From the information on his website, Saraceno shows a lot of information about space, the galaxies, and all of space. From what I can gather, Saraceno enjoys explaining/exploring the possibility of space, and enjoys bending the rules on how space can be used; I believe Saraceno takes pride with his research and always tries to push the ‘impossible’ with each piece he makes.
The text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of Tomás Saraceno.
Information and pictures found at the sites below:
http://www.estherschipper.com/Tom%C3%A1s_Saraceno_Biography
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