Learning to Listen

Abstract

How does a spider experience the world? This is a question I hadn’t really considered before visiting Tomás Saraceno’s Particular Matter(s) exhibition. It meditates on a central question: How can humans learn to experience our environment differently beyond the human perspective? Exploring this idea throughout the vast gallery space, Saraceno’s compiles new and existing work that accompanies the centerpiece of the exhibit: a ninety-five-foot-diameter spherical installation entitled Free the Air: How to Hear the Universe in a Spider/Web.