Tomás Saraceno in "Realms of the Real" – Season 12 | Art21

Art21 proudly presents an artist segment featuring Tomás Saraceno from the "Realms of the Real" episode in the twelfth season of the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" series. "Realms of the Real" premiered in February 2026 on PBS. Working out of his Berlin studio, artist Tomás Saraceno creates interactive installations, immersive architectural interventions, and participatory community projects that research how to best steward the planet and cohabitate with all its forms of life. Tomás Saraceno was born in 1973 in Tucuman, Argentina, and currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany. Learn more about the artist: https://art21.org/tomassaraceno/ Support the production of films and educational materials about contemporary artists and art. Donate: https://art21.org/give. CREDITS Director: Stephanie Wang-Breal Executive Producer: Tina Kukielski Series Producer: Nick Ravich Producer: Nan Sandle Editor: Colin Nusbaum Director of Photography: James Fideler Associate Producer: Andrea Chung Associate Curator: Jurrell Lewis Design & Animation: Momentist, Inc. Composer: Andrew Orkin Artwork Courtesy: Tomás Saraceno & Tonya Bonakdar Gallery Special Thanks: The Art21 Board of Trustees, Lars Behrendt, Sarah Kisner, Claudia Melendez, Roland Muhlethaler, Max Parnell, Maristella Svampa. On January 25, 2020, "Aerocene Pacha" set 32 world records for being the most sustainable flight in human history. It rose with the message: “Water and Life are Worth More than Lithium”, written with the communities of Salinas Grandes and Laguna de Guayatayoc, Argentina. aerocene.org The "Arachnophilia" project’s achievements include: the Spider/Web Scan, allowing for the first time precise 3D models of complex spider/webs, and advancements in biotremology, bioacoustics and biomateriomics. They have been published in journals including PNAS, and featured in Nature. Collaborators include spider diviners from Somié, Cameroon; Max Planck Institute; and MIT. arachnophilia.net Series Created By: Susan Dowling & Susan Sollins Full credits available at: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-tw... © 2026 Art21, Inc. "Art in the Twenty-First Century" is made possible with original production funding provided by The Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation, Lambent Foundation, Agnes Gund, Melony and Adam Lewis, National Endowment for the Arts, Teiger Foundation, Sarah Arison, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Dealer Tire, Arts, Equity, & Education Fund™, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, Elyse and Lawrence B. Benenson, Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia, Tim and Lauren Schrager Family Foundation. TRANSLATIONS Translated subtitles are generously contributed by our volunteer translation community. Visit our translation team at Amara for the full list of contributors: https://amara.org/teams/art21/ #TomasSaraceno #Art21 #ArtInTheTwentyFirstCentury