Laser Web, 2018
Spider silk, carbon fiber frame, red laser, tripod
Variable dimensions, minimum room height 4 m, length 10 m, spider web frame 90 x 90 x 90 cm
Some scientists observed that complex, three-dimensional spider webs resemble computer simulations of the cosmic web. Building on this analogy, Tomás Saraceno invented, for the first time, an original technique for 3D scanning, digitizing and reconstructing spider/webs. In this installation, a laser sheet bi-dimensionally intersects the spider/web.
Photo © Andrea Rossetti