Sin título [Untitled]

The experimental use of unorthodox materials has always characterized Gyula Kosice’s artistic practice. In the context of Arte Madí, an international movement of Concrete Art he co-founded in the 1940s, he pioneered the use of light in art. In the 1960s, water became a central element in Kosice’s hydrokinetic sculptures, some of which also included electricity. These artworks were part of Kosice’s vast utopian project of hydro-spatial architecture: floating cities dedicated to improving life on Earth, to be built out of a hypothetical material called “polymerized water.” As Kosice explained, “To me water is the origin of life. The planetoid on which we live should be called Water, because there is more water than earth.” The hemispherical shape of this sculpture suggests a planetary sphere that cradles in its hollow interior a water fountain. Its constant bubbly motion symbolizes the life-giving energy of water and air.