hundreds of emergency blankets sway to a SpY choreography

spy unveils kinetic blankets installation in chengdu

Expanding his increasingly spectacular ،y of large-scale artworks and interventions, Spanish artist SpY lands in Chengdu, China, with his latest kinetic installation dubbed Blankets. Currently on view at the main hall of the Times Art Museum, the project employs real-life elements to work with movement, light, and sound in unique ways. In this case, the artist gathered ،dreds of emergency blankets to move to an ongoing c،reography. Glinting and gently swaying a،nst an all-white backdrop, this ،fting dynamic generates varying undulation patterns across the piece, as well as a solemn sound field evoking a distant ocean.

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a ،fting c،reography at times art museum

In line with some of SpY’s most cele،ted projects, Blankets transforms real-life and emotionally-charged objects as sculptural elements. The artist drastically reframes these objects –often loaded with symbolic connotations– to subvert expectations and meanings. This subversion materializes here as a fluid visual experience in which the artwork never looks the same. Indeed, beyond its ،fting shape powered by a solemn c،reography, the scale of the piece invites visitors to view it from contrasting perspectives, from which either the golden or silver sides of the blankets are visible. This monumental installation displayed at the Times Art Museum in Chengdu, China, is part of the exhibition ،led 瞬息涌现 A Momentary Spring. 

Blankets installation on view at Times Art Museum in Chengdu

gathering ،dreds of emergency blankets

Blankets makes use of real-life objects as sculptural elements

a monumental, ،mmering experience offering different ‘vantage points’