Studio Tomás Saraceno

The 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 is a portable flight kit enclosing an aerosolar sculpture that floats only with the heat of the sun, without the use of helium, hydrogen, solar panels, batteries or burners, free from fossil fuels. Fully open-source its users are invited to appropriate and improve its functionalities of mechanical, digital and electronic technologies, strengthening a DIT (Do-It-Together) ethos fostered by the Aerocene Community. Providing a message of simplicity, community members are also invited to write messages towards change and hope on the sculpture, making it a poetic tool for imagining a new era without fossil fuels and new ways of decarbonizing the atmosphere. Want to float with Aerocene in Seoul? @leeummuseumofart will launch the 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 in collaboration with regional art institutions, part of the public program Aerocene Seoul this September. You can find more detailed information about how to participate in 𝗔𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 on Leeum’s website. Learn how to build and float your own Aerocene Backpack at aerocene.org. #aerocene #fossilfuelfree #aerocenebackpack #seoul #communityworkshop _______________________ 📷 “Decarbonize futures now! Rebel on air.” The Aerocene community as part of the Extinction Rebellion. Oct 2019, Berlin, Germany. Photo by Studio Tomás Saraceno. Courtesy Aerocene. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

“Mining companies accused of colonial ‘divide and rule’ tactics in their pursuit of the precious metal that lies under the country’s salt flats” Thank you Harriet Barber for the invaluable work in shedding light on the critical situation in northern Argentina, where multinational lithium mining companies continue to put immense pressure on the communities, landscapes, water supplies and wider ecosystems. For a just and Eco-social energy transition, we stand in solidarity with the Indigenous Communities of Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc who continue to resist lithium extraction and fight for the protection of their ancestral lands. In the face of the Global North’s neocolonial energy models, which in the name of a “green” transition continue to create "sacrifice zones", destabilize entire regions and breach multiple human rights, we would like to once again raise the message from the Indigenous Communities in Jujuy: Water and Life are worth more than lithium. We no longer want to be a sacrifice zone. Photo: John Owens @guardian #harrietbarber #johnowens #salinasgrandes #noallitio #aerocene #studiotomassaraceno #salinasgrandes #lagundadeguayatayoc #jujuy #argentina #theguardian

Anyone can build a 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙤 𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧 using the instructions on Aerocene.org. To date, hundreds of thousands of plastic bags have been rescued from over 50 communities across 30 countries, creating collections of personal stories and friendships. As part of the public program ‘Ideamuseum’, the Leeum Museum of Art will present 𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙡 this September. In preparation for this event, the local community and museum will launch 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙤 𝘼𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙎𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧. We invite you to bring your used plastic bags to several collection points around Seoul between 25.6 - 4.8.2024, and join in the construction and drawing workshop from 10.08 - 23.08.2024. _______________________ [1] Museo Aero Solar at Becoming Aerosolar, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria, 2015. Photo by Studio Tomás Saraceno. / [2] Museo Aero Solar at Territoria 4. Il grande balzo/The Great Leap with Museo Pecci, Prato and province, Italy, 2009. Photo by Janis Elko. Courtesy Aerocene. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. #museoaerosolar #aerocene #seoul #leeummuseumofart

Thanks to my incredible studio members Martina, Davide, Samantha, Duncan, Matthew and Dario, as well the wonderful on-site team at @redbrickartmuseum , for their work to install Algo-r(h)i(y)thms, on show as part of ‘Complementarities’ until August 18 at @redbrickartmuseum . 22.03 – 18.08.2024 Red Brick Art Museum #aerocene #cloudimagination #tomassaraceno #studiotomassaraceno #redbrickartmuseum #ecosocialjustice #salinasgrandes #complementarities

More details from the Mandarin translation of @Aerocene Newspaper I and II for ‘Complementarities’ at @redbrickartmuseum . Clouds of imagination meet cycles of water and life :)) 22.03 — 18.08.2024 Red Brick Art Museum Beijing, China #aerocene #cloudimagination #tomassaraceno #studiotomassaraceno #redbrickartmuseum #ecosocialjustice #salinasgrandes #complementarities #aerocenenewspaper

So pleased to have translated into Mandarin a selection of articles from @Aerocene Newspapers I & II for ‘Complementarities’ at Red Brick Art Museum! This new edition, available to guests in the Aerocene Community Room, features texts from Aerocene members @maristellasvampa , Graciela Speranza and Bronislaw Szerszynski. 'Complementaries' 22.03 — 18.08.2024 Red Brick Art Museum Beijing, China #aerocene #cloudimagination #tomassaraceno #studiotomassaraceno #redbrickartmuseum #ecosocialjustice #salinasgrandes #complementarities #aerocenenewspaper

‘Play-Ground: Spider/web vibration, divination… for the terrestrial and cosmic web(s) of life’ translates onto the ground the inaudible yet sensible frequencies of Evarcha arcuata, Steatoda bipunctata, Araneus diadematus, Pardosa lugubris, and Holocnemus pluchei. ‘Radical Playgrounds’ is open until July 14 in the grounds of Gropius Hain @berlinerfestspiele and features this walk-in installation, where cobblestones shake according to frequencies of the spiders’ and cosmic web. Surrounding the sensorial environment are last autumn’s leaves, fallen from the trees and kept on-site, sharing their microbiota into fertile play-grounds for spiders. Knowledge reverberates through the entangled terrestrial and cosmic web(s) of life, in a silent but sensible concert of vibrations. From the play-ground of Gropius Hain, to the vibrations of Heteroscodra crassipes (ŋgam) and the diviners in Somié, Cameroon, where the practice of ‘ŋgam dù’ spider divination helps humans seek knowledge about their lives. During a consultation, a species of ground-dwelling spider is asked binary questions, passed from human to nonhuman comprehension, into the language of vibration. Spiders may be open for questions through the post box on-site or the web/site nggamdu.org. Write down and deposit yours, and a series will be raffled at the end of the exhibition. Thank you to Joanna Warsza, Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius and the Radical Playgrounds team for their help to bring the project to life. To Roland Mühlethaler, a long-term friend and member of the Arachnophilia community who has collaborated with us on developing this work. To Patrick, Matthew, Ollie, and Sarah for their contributions to this project, and to the rest of my studio 🕷️🕸️ #playground #websoflife #nggamdu #arachnophilia #tomassaraceno #biotremology #spidervibration #spiderdivination

Meditations on biodiversity and interspecies cohabitation from modular structures inspired by cumulonimbus clouds to the spider/web co-existence with these artworks requires interspecies sensitivities inside and out, imagining alternative models for interspecies encounters. On view at ‘Tomás Saraceno: Live(s) on Air’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Los Angeles, closing May 4. Installation images from ‘Tomás Saraceno: Live(s) on Air’ at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery Los Angeles (2024), Tomás Saraceno in collaboration: Web(s) of Life at Serpentine Galleries (2023), and the Spider/Web Pavillion 7 at the Venice Biennale (2019). #interspecies #biodiversity #cohabitation #spider /web #tomássaraceno #tanyabonakdargallery

today at 12 pm in berlin outside Gropius Bau we hope to feel you :)) open invitation … and is sunny ☀️!!! As part of Radical Playgrounds: From Competition to Collaboration - Curated by Joanna Warsza and Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius
Architecture: raumlaborberlin With Evarcha arcuata, Steatoda bipunctata, Araneus diadematus, Pardosa lugubris, Holocnemus pluchei… Nggamdu.org (Bollo Pierre ‘Tadios’, Iréné Nguea, ŋgam), Arachnophilia and Tomás Saraceno Play-Ground: Spider/web vibration, divination… for the terrestrial and cosmic web(s) of life (2024)   Autumn leaves, fallen from the trees, were kept on-site in Gropius Hain, sharing their microbiota, fertile play-grounds for spiders/webs; two Park benches to unleash your shoes. Connect with Spider/web vibrations, playing the ground with inaudible yet sensible frequencies… amplified through tremblingly Cobblestones, in four clusters… and if you have more questions ask Nggamdu.org, a Postbox for enquiries to the spiders and diviners in Somié. With works by Edgar Calel, Alice Chauchat, Céline Condorelli, Massimo Furlan, Florentina Holzinger, Ingela Ihrman, Martin Kaltwasser, Agnieszka Kurant, Joar Nango, Vitjitua Ndjiharine, The Playground Project, Tomás Saraceno, Mariana Telleria, The School of Mutants, Irad Verkron, Raul Walch

This Sunday in Berlin, we invite you to join us for the event ‘Who qualifies as a subject of rights? We no longer want to be a sacrifice zone!’ a panel discussion and Q+A @spore.initiative !! A film screening of ‘Fly with Pacha, into the Aerocene’ followed by an introduction of a collective, intergenerational artwork and discussion with Tomás, sociologist @maristellasvampa , and political economist Nina Schlosser, moderated by author and curator Yasmil Raymond. A message, a film, a journey around the sun with Pachamama, a space-time towards eras of complementarities, 'Fly with Pacha, into the Aerocene' portrays the long-standing relationship between many ever-growing communities across multiple continents, documenting the ongoing collaboration between @aerocene and the Indigenous Communities of Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc, in Jujuy, Northern Argentina. Initiated in 2017, with additional archival fragments dating from 2006 onwards, this project is an ongoing dialogue with Kollas Indigenous Peoples, protecting their ancestral lands from lithium extraction, for eco-social justice in the name of the peoples of the Global South. Spore Initiative Hermannstraße 86, 12051 Berlin Sunday, 28.04.2024 17:00-18:15, Screening 18:15-20:00, Panel discussion and Q+A #aerocene #spore .initiative #flywithpacha #salinasgrandes #lagunadeguayatayoc #notolithium #ecosocial #galleryweekend #tomássaraceno #studiotomássaraceno #aerosolar

Hoy a las 11 a.m., el corazón de la FADU -UBA latió al ritmo de miles de manos que se unieron en un aplauso por la Universidad Pública. En el patio central, dos paños de Museo Aero Solar en construcción, representaban la metáfora de una construcción aún más importante y colectiva: la de la educación pública en una escultura Aerocene una leyenda elegida colectivamente: DEFENDAMOS LA EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA ARGENTINA. Este globo aero solar, símbolo de nuestra lucha, surcará los cielos en la Marcha Nacional Universitaria que se realizará mañana, desde la Plaza del Congreso hasta la Plaza de Mayo. Con esa energía vibrante como telón de fondo, se retomó la construcción de un Museo Aero Solar -Iniciado en conversaciones entre Tomás Saraceno @studiotmassaraceno y Alberto Pesavento en 2007-, en manos de profesorxs y alumnxs de la Cátedra Proyectual Goldenstein @proyectual.goldenstein de la FADU, UBA, liderado por la incansable Flavia Goldenstein, junto al entusiasmo inagotable de Carlos Almeida @carlosalmeida.unsam @eayp_unsam @unsamoficial y Joaquín Ezcurra @joaquin.ez , de las comunidades Museo Aero Solar y Aerocene. Dos paños de 6 x 18 mts, cada uno tejido con miles de bolsas recicladas, cobraron vida bajo la energía de decenas de estudiantes de la cátedra, ayudantes, profesorxs y centenares de alumnos de otras materias que vitoreaban desde los balcones de la FADU. En dos horas, lo imposible se hizo realidad: la construcción, habitación interior y posterior vuelo de dos Museos Aero Solares. ¡Te esperamos para Defender Juntos la Educación Pública en Argentina! Hacemos un llamado a toda la comunidad de Aerocene, de la FADU, UBA y de todas las Universidades Nacionales de Argentina a unirse en defensa de la educación pública, la ciencia y el sistema universitario nacional en la Marcha Nacional Universitaria del martes 23 de Abril. Nuestro punto de encuentro será la esquina Avenida Callao y Pte. Perón a las 3pm. #MarchaNacionalUniversitaria #DefendamosLaUniversidadPública #EducaciónPúblicaParaTodxs #CienciaArgentina #Aerocene #MuseoAeroSolar #FADU #UBA #ComunidadUniversitaria #UnidosPorLaEducación

𝚆𝚑𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚂𝚞𝚋𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜? 𝚆𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚣𝚘𝚗𝚎! 𝙰𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚕 𝟸𝟾𝚝𝚑 𝟻 – 𝟾 𝚙.𝚖. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝙴𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝙰 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 "𝙵𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚊, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎" 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚃𝚘𝚖á𝚜 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚘, 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚊 𝚂𝚟𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚊, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝙽𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚛, 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚈𝚊𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕 𝚁𝚊𝚢𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚍. 𝙰 𝚖𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚕𝚖, 𝚊 𝚓𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚊𝚖𝚊, 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 "𝙵𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚊, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎" 𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐-𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜, 𝚍𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚜  𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙶𝚞𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚘𝚌, 𝚒𝚗 𝙹𝚞𝚓𝚞𝚢, 𝙽𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚗 𝙰𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊. (...) 𝙸𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗: 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚖 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝙵𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙿𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚊, 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎, 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟽-𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙼𝚊𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚘 𝙻𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚊 & 𝚃𝚘𝚖á𝚜 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚘. ©maristellasvampa @maxi_laina @cuencadesalinasgrandes ©  𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚜𝚢 𝙰𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙻𝚊𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚊 𝚍𝚎 𝙶𝚞𝚊𝚢𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚘𝚌. 𝙿𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚘 𝚃𝚘𝚖á𝚜 𝚂𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚘, 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟹. 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘 𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 (𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚒𝚗 𝙱𝚒𝚘)