Albanian artist Anri Sala’s work explores the moment between the tangible and intangible. It exists somewhere between time and space, perhaps even ricocheting between the two. His latest major work combines film, sound and installation at the Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern, a vast underground reservoir in Houston, Texas.
Titled Time No Longer, the work is inspired by the African-American astronaut and jazz saxophonist Ronald McNair, who was a crew member on the Space Shuttle Challenger in 1986 and had the intention of recording the first original piece of music in space. McNair intended that recording to be played as part of Rendez-vous Houston, a live concert by French composer Jean-Michel Jarre to mark the 150th anniversary of the city of Houston and the 25th anniversary of Nasa. Had the Space Shuttle Challenger not exploded seconds after take-off, McNair would have set that record.
Sala’s immersive installation features a floating, weightless turntable, projected intermittently onto translucent Hologauze. The stylus grasps for purchase on the record’s grooves, sometimes managing to communicate music, other times skipping and revolving back into space, resonant of the moment McNair never played. As the motion repeats, we hear snippets of music.
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POLE POSITION
A compact Melbourne house with a small footprint is big on efficiency and experimentation
URBAN OASIS
At an art-filled Mexico City residence, New York designer Giancarlo Valle has put his own spin on the country's traditional craft heritage
WARM FRONT
Designer Clive Lonstein elevates his carefully curated Manhattan home with rich textures and fabrics
BALCONY SCENE
A Brazilian island hotel offers a unique approach to the alfresco experience
ENSEMBLE CAST
How architect Anne Holtrop is leaving his mark on the Middle East
Survival mode
A new show looks at preparing for a post-apocalyptic landscape (and other catastrophes)
FLASK FORCE
A limited-edition perfume collaboration between two Spanish craft masters says it with flowers
BLOOM SERVICE
A flower-shaped brutalist beauty in Geneva gets a refresh
SECOND NATURE
A remodelled museum in Lisbon, by Kengo Kuma & Associates, meshes Japanese and Portuguese influences to create a space that sits in harmony with its surroundings
Guiding light
Designer Joe Armitage follows his grandfather's footsteps in India, reissuing his elegant midcentury lamp and creating a new chandelier for Nilufar Gallery