Persistencia de la gota de agua móvil [Persistence of the Mobile Drop of Water]

 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 later years, he combined water, air, plexiglass, and electricity to produce hydrokinetic sculptures, that were part of a larger project he called “an architecture of water.” Kosice considered water as “the origin of life,” a point he emphasizes by echoing the bubbling water in the tear-shaped vessel that contains it. Set on a black panel, this gem-like drop shines through with multiple lights, suggesting otherworldly views of ocean depths and starry nights.