June 22—October 6, 2013
Emscherkunst, Essen
EMSCHERKUNST.2013 with Tomás Saraceno
Press Release
Tomás Saraceno constructed a kite for Emscherkunst. The sculpture Ring Bell – The Solar Orchestra and the Wind Structures will be shown on the top of the former coal bunker in Gelsenkirchen’s Nordstern Park. The kite with a width of around 13 meters is a highly sophisticated structure: Laminated solar foil covers a ring of carbon fibre, which is connected to a sound system. The sounds generated during flight can therefore be recorded, mixed, and...