Tomas Saraceno, Flash Art Magazine

Dannii Sutton

when flipping through Flash Art Magazine a man randomly floating in a room caught my attention... it was an article on an installation artist called Tomas Saraceno. The photograph in the magazine was beautiful, it alsmost looked like something from a dream. This installation came from Saraceno's discovery of a 'mysterious substance' called aerogel, a lighter-than air material used in space suits. Saraceno redesigned the substance and created a new structure for 'solar power driven floating objects based on a pioneering use of the material. I think this installation would be great to see, cos how often are you going to get the chnce to see a floating man? :)

Flash Art, page 112, Vol XXXVIII, No. 240, Jan-Feb 05, By Thomas Bayrle