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Tomas Saraceno: Cloud City (Ville Nuage)

Spider webs, the consistency of soap bubbles, astrophysics, and legendary visionaries like Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983) are some of the most important sources of inspiration to the artist Tomás Saraceno, who was born in 1973 in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. He calls his balloon-like objects Biospheres, that is, spaces containing life; held by black rope nets and suspended in the air, some of them are accessible to viewers and some of them are inhabited by plants.

Duration: 00:02:24

Tags: 12_886_cloud, city_belfort_saraceno_0224_p14.mp4 spider webs, the consistency of soap bubbles, astrophysics, and legendary visionaries like richard buckminster fuller (1895–1983) are some of the most important sources of inspiration to the artist tomás saraceno, who was born in 1973 in san miguel de tucumán, argentina. he calls his balloon-like objects biospheres, that is, spaces containing life; held by black rope nets and suspended in the air, some of them are accessible to viewers and some of them are inhabited by plants.