The work of the Argentinean Thomas Saraceno on the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

The roof of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art has become the place where the Argentine artist Tomas Saraceno installed an unusual installation. “This project is an invitation to simultaneously capture several realities that overlap and connect, influencing and facing our perceptions,” Saraseno said in a press release.

“Cloud City” is a monumental installation of 16 interconnected modules, specifically designed to cover the Metro roof, inside of which Saraseno is played by various phenomena, clouds and structures, such as bubbles, foam, neural networks.

At the same time, the artist, winner of the Calder Prize in 2009, worked on the reconstruction of “a vehicle for our imagination, ready to transport us in our mental state within social, political and geographical planes”. During its construction, Saraceno used transparent and reflective materials, so that visitors can enjoy both the structure itself, as well as the appearance of Central Park and the surrounding skyscrapers of Manhattan.

This design, which will remain on the roof of the Metropolitan until November 4, is part of the artist’s cloud city interdisciplinary series, which explores how we live and allows us to experience our environment through complex geometric structures and combine art, architecture and science.

With the help of such projects, Saraseno builds an independent space that emphasizes respect for the environment and offers alternative ways of social relations and allows you to understand and interact with other people, turning to the creativity of the public in situations that require personal participation and responsibility.