Yesterday morning a group of staff looked on as Tomás Saraceno and and gallery crew installed Saraceno’s Iridescent Planet. Our photographer Cameron Wittig documented the install and we’ve put the images on flickr:
Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.The work itself is made of an iridescent foil material provided to Saraceno by 3M and is constructed in a manner similar to Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes, allowing solar panels to be suspended inside the balloon. The balloon is anchored to the top of the Barnes tower and the ground along Hennepin Avenue. Saraceno’s work was first seen at the Walker in Brave New Worlds in 2007, and in 2008 he brought Museo aero solar to the Twin Cities.
Iridescent Planet is being installed for the opening of Tomás Saraceno: Lighter than Air, happening Thursday May 14, and will be re-installed, weather permitting, for Rock the Garden as well as the Free First Saturdays in June, July, and August.
WOW, this is super cool! Thanks for posting these great images- I often think that the process of the work being made and getting into place/installed is as interesting as the final piece itself. The longer term narrative of it is very interesting and provides a much needed context to de-mystefy art, art making and artistic practice in addition to de-mystefying our museums and art centers so they truly can be relevant and contemporary all at the same time. THANK YOU WAC! Jean
Comment by Jean Pitman — May 15, 2009 @ 9:52 am