Dedication With The Artist TomáS Saraceno

Join the Moody and internationally acclaimed artist Tomás Saraceno for the dedication of his site-specific, large-scale artwork An Aero(s)cenic Imaginary , on December 13, from 5 – 6:30 pm, at the Ralph S. O’Connor Building for Engineering Science. Hear from Saraceno about his interdisciplinary practice and be the first to see the multi-story, permanent art installation inspired by the artist’s interest in complex structures found in the natural world, such as clouds, bubbles, and spider webs. About the artist: Saraceno’s work with local communities, scientific researchers, and institutions around the world, aims to seek out a more equal balance of human, techno- and bio-diversity, with the understanding that knowledge is produced from specific situations. He has held numerous residencies including MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (2012–), Atelier Calder (2010); published in Nature and PNAS; presented a TED talk; staged artistic interventions with COP20, COP21, and COP26; has lectured at Princeton, Columbia, Centre Pompidou, Herald Design Forum, Hirshhorn Museum, CCK, and Interspecies Internet among other locations.  He has also been the subject of solo exhibitions and permanent installations at museums and institutions internationally, including Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018);  Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires (2017); K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ständehaus, Dusseldorf (2013); the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2012); and Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (2011). Saraceno has participated in numerous festivals and biennales, including the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale (2020) and the 53rd and 58th Venice Biennale (2009, 2019). Parking and walking aid attached. More Info below.