SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA

DIVIDED

Athens - Greece, 2022
A huge, luminous sphere of an intense red color, split in two identical halves. Each half is caged within a metal structure built with the kind of scaffolding commonly used in construction.

Viewers can traverse the space between the two halves, immersing in a light-filled corridor and effectively becoming part of the artwork itself.

This metaphor of our planet aims to shed light upon the significance of the relations between the earth’s dwellers. At the core of the project lays the idea that, if differences would be understood not as separation but as complementarity, mutual rejection could be more easily laid aside, and the qualities of one element would emphasize those of the other.

“Earth Divided” continues a recent line of work developed by SpY at his workshop SpY Studio. Last year the studio deployed the impressive “Earth” at one of the main squares of Madrid city, a highly successful project that made the news around the world.

EXHIBITION PLÁSMATA
Bodies, Dreams, and Data

Commissioned and produced by: Onassis Stegi
Curatorial direction: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Curation: Irini Mirena Papadimitriou, FutureEverything
Exhibition design: Studio Entropia architects
SpY Team production: Antidoto
Photo: Ruben PB

DIVIDIDOS

Athens - Greece, 2022
Una enorme esfera luminosa de un intenso color rojo, dividida en dos mitades idénticas. Cada mitad está instalada en una estructura de andamios metálicos usados habitualmente en construcción.

Los visitantes pueden atravesar el espacio entre las dos mitades, sumergiéndose en un pasillo lleno de luz y convirtiéndose así en parte de la propia obra.

Esta metáfora de nuestro planeta quiere arrojar luz sobre el significado de las relaciones entre los habitantes de la tierra. En el fondo del proyecto está la idea de que, si las diferencias se entendieran no como separación sino cómo complementariedad, el rechazo mutuo podría dejarse de lado con más facilidad, y las cualidades de un elemento enfatizarían las del otro.

“Divided” continúa una reciente línea de trabajo desarrollada por SpY en su taller SpY Studio. El pasado año, el estudio instaló la pieza “Earth” en una de las principales plazas de Madrid, un proyecto que cosechó multitud de críticas positivas en la prensa de todo el mundo.

EXHIBITION PLÁSMATA
Bodies, Dreams, and Data

Commissioned and produced by: Onassis Stegi
Curatorial direction: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Curation: Irini Mirena Papadimitriou, FutureEverything
Exhibition design: Studioentropia architects
SpY Team production: antidoto
Photo: Ruben PB
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos
SpY - EARTH DIVIDED Athens - Greece PLÁSMATA
DIVIDED
Athens - Greece
Photo: Ruben P Bescos