![A complex irregular network of many black fibers in a white gallery space.](https://arts.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/9955875105_4b942ef39f_b-350x262.jpg)
Saraceno: Conversations on Biomimicry
When asked who the audience was for his work during a public lecture here at MIT, Tomás Saraceno replied, “spiders!” Here we explore the artist’s ongoing interest in biomimicry –- the creative application of natural systems and processes towards human solutions -– through the work of several MIT researchers. Like Saraceno – whose aerial installations take inspiration from spider webs, soap bubbles, neural circuits, and cosmology – faculty Markus Buehler, Neri Oxman, and Dörthe Eisele are similarly interested in harnessing the power of nature to create new materials for a more sustainable future.