Conviviality

Conviviality by Studio Tomás Saraceno occupies the heart of the “Forest of Tranquility” at Expo 2025 Osaka/Kansai. In this lightly wooded environment, the work appears as a delicate, suspended cloudscape of silvery threads that weave between trees and over the ground, hosting scaffolds for birds, insects and spiders to inhabit and move through. The concept embraces coexistence and biodiversity, inviting both non-humans and humans into a shared spatial ecosystem.

Structurally, the installation is anchored through a fine tensile network of cables that support tray-like modules and nest forms; the lightness of the system belies its spatial ambition, utilising gravity and suspension rather than heavy masses. The artwork combines an ecological agenda with sculptural materiality, prompting the viewer to reflect on mobility, habitation, and the future of multispecies communities in a single, seamless architectural gesture.