Tomás Sarraceno at the Moderno... How to capture the Universe in a spider web (Part II)
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04/13/17 - The second of Tomás Sarraceno's installations for the Museode Arte Moderno is exhibited in a completely dark room: The Cosmic Dust Spider
Web Orchesta. A spotlight illuminates a structure from which one single spider
(Nephila clavipes) balances on her web. As it moves around, the light unveils
the particles of suspended dust and a huge screen projects them on the opposite
wall. As the particles move and touch each other, they are caught on camera and
their speed is transformed, thanks to complex algorithms, into sound. At the
same time, the sound made by the collision of the particles (broadcasted
through two dozen speakers) causes imperceptible vibrations in the spiderweb.
This new sound is detected by a super-sensitive microphone which amplify it and
blend it with the other sounds. The collision of the particles, the vibrations
of the spiderweb and the movements of the spider produce the most interesting
music.
The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchesta, by Tomás Sarraceno
(2017)
Museo de Arte Moderno
According to the artist and his team, the dust in the room
is Cosmic dust, since it is believed that our planet receives particles from
the stratosphere. We might say that the exhibition moves
from the smallness of the spider to the immensity of the Universe.
So, what happens when we visit the exhibition? As visitors
enter the room, the cosmic dust collides, changing the music, which also changes the
vibrations of the web. Thus, in one
same place, human beings, the spider and the particles create together a unique
concert with each visit. In this technologic era, Sarraceno is able to surprise
us with the wonders of Nature and the single presence of a spider.
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