Webs of Life
This summer, Tomas Saraceno encourages us to move away from a fear of spiders (arachnophobia) and towards a love of spiders (arachnophilia, the title of the artist’s long-running research project). Via Augmented Reality (AR), versions of two spiders, the Maratus speciosus, also called the peacock spider because of its coloured markings, and Bagheera kiplingi, the world’s only vegetarian spider, Saraceno aims to raise awareness and funds for the protection of biodiversity in the age of global warming.
A small version of the Maratus speciosus can be viewed through your phone wherever you are in the world, in exchange for a photograph of a spider or web, while two giant AR spiders will also be positioned outside Serpentine South until 17 Oct.
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