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Field Expedition to Copo organised by Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires with Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in preparation of the installation ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ in 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Field Expedition to Copo organised by Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires with Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in preparation of the installation ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ in 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ in 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Arachnologist, Martin J. Ramirez, documenting the initial stages of the installation ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Eighteen colonies of Parawixia bistriata. Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Cosmic Dust L6 54°28'43"E 270x estimated 4.5 billion years, 2017 In collaboration with Dr. Ansgar Greshake, Curator of Meteorites at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and Dr. Roland Mühlethaler, Studio Tomás Saraceno.
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Cosmic Dust L6 54°28'43"E 600x estimated 4.5 billion years, 2017 In collaboration with Dr. Ansgar Greshake, Curator of Meteorites at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and Dr. Roland Mühlethaler, Studio Tomás Saraceno.
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
© Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Detail. The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchestra, 2017 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2017
Arachno Concert, with Arachne (Nephila senegalensis), Cosmic Dust (Porus Chondrite) and the Breathing Ensemble, 2016 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Arachno Concert, with Arachne (Nephila senegalensis), Cosmic Dust (Porus Chondrite) and the Breathing Ensemble, 2016 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Cosmic Dust L6 54°28'43"E 1.100x estimated 4.5 billion years, 2017 In collaboration with Dr. Ansgar Greshake, Curator of Meteorites at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and Dr. Roland Mühlethaler, Studio Tomás Saraceno.
Detail. The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchestra, 2017 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2017
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Development of the installation ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ in 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of Parawixia bistriata silk. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. © Martin Ramirez & Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
A feedback loop between light, sound and projection creates a volumetric space of engagement. In its current stage, a projected beam of light renders these particles visible caught floating in the air above a set of loudspeakers. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2017
© Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Three-dimensional tracking system. Detail. The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchestra, 2017 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Parawixia bistriata and Cosmic Dust L6 54°28'43"E 80x estimated 4.5 billion years, 2017 In collaboration with Dr. Ansgar Greshake, Curator of Meteorites at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and Dr. Roland Mühlethaler, Studio Tomás Saraceno.
Field Expedition to Copo organised by Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires with Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum, in preparation of the installation ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months’ in 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
A bivouac of quasi-social Parawixia spiders at Parque Nacional de Corrientes. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) of Parawixia bistriata silk. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales. © Martin Ramirez & Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Cosmic Dust L6 54°28'43"E 430x estimated 4.5 billion years, 2017 In collaboration with Dr. Ansgar Greshake, Curator of Meteorites at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and Dr. Roland Mühlethaler, Studio Tomás Saraceno.
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Bivouac of social Parawixia bistriata spiders at Parque Nacional de Corrientes. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Installation in progress: ‘Quasi-social Musical Instrument IC 342 built by: 7000 Parawixia bistriata - six months,’ 2016. © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
© Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2016
Detail. The Cosmic Dust Spider Web Orchestra, 2017 © Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno, 2017
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