Tomás Saraceno's Aerosolar Journeys at Wilhelm-Hack-Museum

The Wilhelm-Hack-Museum in Ludwigshafen, Germany, presents Tomás Saraceno's exhibition 'Aerosolar Journeys,' running until April 30, 2017. The show features sculptures and installations from the past decade exploring aerosolar living, including works like '163,000 Light Years' (2016), 'Air-Port-Cities-cloud-City' (2010), 'Aerocene – Cloud Cities' (2015), 'Hybrid solitary semi-social musical instrument' (2015), and 'Museo Aero Solar' (2009). Saraceno's research connects with the Austrian group Haus-Rucker-Co (Günter Kelp Zamp and Laurids Ortner), Berlin's Raumlabor, and Olafur Eliasson. The Aerocene project involves building flying sculptures from plastic waste and shopping bags, lifted solely by solar heat and wind. On March 4, 2017, three sculptures—'51 Pegasi,' 'Schellin,' and 'Explorer Trio'—were launched in Schönfelde. The project aims to gather scientific data (pressure, air quality) during flights, shared via an open-source platform. Saraceno envisions a polycentric system where connections between individuals matter, turning utopia into reality.