PLANETARIO
2010-2014. Urban installation, public event. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble.
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Urban model of the solar system built with common objects, respecting the original relationship of each component to the others as far as size and distance are concerned.
The Sun is a basketball, Mercury the tip of a pin 13 meters away, Venus the seed of an apple 25 meters from the basketball, and so on up to Pluto, a tiny grain of sand at 1,300 meters. Proxima Centauri is a ping pong ball placed 8 km from the Sun.
The work represents as much as possible the actual position of the planets at the time the model takes shape in the city.
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The work was realized two times: the first time in 2010, for a solo show at Studio Guenzani, Milan; the second time in 2014 for the show “On Stage” at Karst, Plymouth.
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Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Plymouth, Karst. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Plymouth, Karst. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. 2014. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. 2014. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario. A basketball, a pin, marbles, balls of different sizes, a grain of sand, a ping pong ball, a golf ball, a pebble. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Karst
Planetario, map of the city. Karst, Plymouth. Ph: Matteo Rubbi
Read more about the work here:
- By Jupiter! Planets land in Plymouth streets with art show. The Plymouth Herald. 7.04.2014
- Matteo Rubbi. FRIEZE. Issue 136 January-February 2011