Plastique Fantastique Debuts auruBOROS for Bvlgari's Serpenti Infinito on the High Line

Key facts

• Plastique Fantastique, the Berlin-based duo of Marco Canevacci and Lena Young, created auruBOROS for Bvlgari's Serpenti Infinito program.
• The installation debuted in New York last week on the High Line, rising from beneath The Standard.
• Serpenti Infinito launched in 2023 and previously traveled to Shanghai, Seoul, and Mumbai in 2025.
• auruBOROS draws on the alchemical idea of gold as transformative matter and the Ouroboros symbol.
• The piece is a pneumatic structure that stands for ten days and responds to daylight, weather, and the urban environment.
• Plastique Fantastique has been experimenting with pneumatic structures since 1999.
• The artists set aside the idea of simply enlarging an existing symbol after visiting the High Line, making the project more spatial.
• In Seoul, the duo worked with memory through archaeology, inviting people to excavate the ground and hang found objects inside the pavilion.