Hybrid Solitary Semi-Social Instrument ESO 146-IG 005: Built By Two Argiope Anasuja-Two Weeks, Three Cyrtophora Citricola-Three Weeks, One Cyrtophora Moluccensis-Two...

Hybrid Solitary Semi-Social Instrument ESO 146-IG 005: Built By Two Argiope Anasuja-Two Weeks, Three Cyrtophora Citricola-Three Weeks, One Cyrtophora Moluccensis-Two Weeks, And One Tegenaria Domestica-Ten Weeks, 2015 (detail)

Spidersilk, carbon fibre, ink, glass, metal

 

Tomás Saraceno’s research and work with spider webs originates from artist’s interest in astrophysics - for him, each of these translucent boxes opens up an entire universe. The title of each of these works relate to names of dwarf galaxies, spiral galaxies or quasars.

 

Photo © Andrea Rossetti