Hydrospatial Cities 2009

Gyula Kosice created this installation, "Hydrospatial Cities," with hanging transparent plastic sculptures. I'm really interested in the moment when an artist gets an idea – like, what does that feel like, and how do you even begin to make it? What was Kosice thinking? Maybe something like, ‘I want to create a city in the sky, made of light and air,’ or something really out there. I imagine him experimenting with the material, heating, and bending it, trying to figure out how to make these forms float. Artists are in an ongoing conversation with each other, so I wonder, what artists was Kosice looking at? Did he like Duchamp? Painting is just one way to make something, but sculpture is a whole other level. It takes up space, and you can walk around it. Kosice has made a whole world here, and each of us can be part of it. How cool is that?