A message from… Tomás Saraceno by Tomás Saraceno

A message from… Tomás Saraceno

Tomás Saraceno

Faced with the current crisis, the Argentine artist invites us to foster a new era of social responsibility

The Aerocene Float Predictor will help you plan your journey around the world. Following the rivers of the wind, and floating without using any helium, hydrogen, solar panels, batteries or fossil fuels, the Aerocene Float Predictor will suggest the best date to depart by Aerocene sculpture, based on when the wind will take you to your destination within a 16-day forecast, based on real-time forecasts of global wind patterns. Developed together with MIT EAPS, the Aerocene Float Predictor predicts the flight of an Aerocene sculpture around the world, free from CO2 emissions. The Aerocene sculpture that departed from Berlin on May 10, 2020, arrived at a location 362 km from New York in 1,218 days. Traveling the same distance with a plane would have burned 76,620 liters of kerosene. By moving only with the sun and the wind currents, the sculpture helped to save 0.61 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the air. The Aerocene Float Predictor is a global forecasting system that utilizes open meteorological data to predict the flight paths of aerosolar-powered sculptures circling the globe without CO2 emissions. Incorporating real-time information from 16-day forecasts of wind speeds at different altitudes, the Float Predictor is a navigational tool used to plan journeys in the Aerocene era. © Studio Tomás Saraceno
The Aerocene Float Predictor will help you plan your journey around the world. Following the rivers of the wind, and floating without using any helium, hydrogen, solar panels, batteries or fossil fuels, the Aerocene Float Predictor will suggest the best date to depart by Aerocene sculpture, based on when the wind will take you to your destination within a 16-day forecast, based on real-time forecasts of global wind patterns. Developed together with MIT EAPS, the Aerocene Float Predictor predicts the flight of an Aerocene sculpture around the world, free from CO2 emissions. The Aerocene sculpture that departed from Berlin on May 10, 2020, arrived at a location 362 km from New York in 1,218 days. Traveling the same distance with a plane would have burned 76,620 liters of kerosene. By moving only with the sun and the wind currents, the sculpture helped to save 0.61 tonnes of CO2 from being emitted into the air. The Aerocene Float Predictor is a global forecasting system that utilizes open meteorological data to predict the flight paths of aerosolar-powered sculptures circling the globe without CO2 emissions. Incorporating real-time information from 16-day forecasts of wind speeds at different altitudes, the Float Predictor is a navigational tool used to plan journeys in the Aerocene era. © Studio Tomás Saraceno