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Anatomy of Time
Anatomy of Time, created by British artist Petroc Sesti, is a 3-meter-tall sculpture located underground at The Henderson. It invites the public into a uniquely immersive sensory experience.
Inspired by the universe and spiral galaxies, the work’s semi-transparent design creates a dreamlike environment. Through the movement of light and shadow, it encourages viewers to reflect and reimagine the possibilities of space.
This dynamic optical sculpture uses a specially made transparent container filled with a large volume of liquid. Driven by a precise mechanical system, the liquid continuously rotates, as if giving the abstract concept of “time” a visible physical form.
Inside the container, the surrounding architecture, garden greenery, and passing figures are reflected, distorted, and inverted, making it difficult to distinguish reality from illusion. What you feel instead is time and space being rearranged before your eyes.
Article by Monica Ng
(Photo Credit：William Furniss, Swire Properties, The Henderson, Isaac Cordal, LAAB Studio, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, One Innovale, Jimmy Ho)
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Platform Earth, the environmental arts charity founded by Italian-British artist Petroc Sesti, presents THE SKYWALK, a landmark Collateral Event of the Venice Biennale Architettura 2025. Curated by Nadja Romain and supported by TBA21–Academy’s Ocean Space, THE SKYWALK will be exhibited at La Fucina del Futuro, a cultural laboratory for environmental and scientific inquiry just steps from Ocean Space in the historic Castello district. THE SKYWALK is made possible through the support of Xerjoff, the Turin-based perfume house founded by Sergio Momo and Dominique Salvo.
A centerpiece of THE SKYWALK is a striking six-meter-long architectural model of the Venetian Lagoon, designed by Sesti in collaboration with Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP). The model includes floating wetlands, seagrass observation points, bird blinds, and a cultural science gallery, all developed in close partnership with Venice’s scientific community. In addition to the model, the exhibition showcases artworks in carbon-negative ink by prominent international artists from the Platform Earth Collective, whose practices examine the intersection of art, nature, and science: Marina Abramović, Es Devlin, Conrad Shawcross, Rachel Whiteread, Jonathan Yeo, Emilie Pugh, and Petroc Sesti. As a multi-sensory exhibition, the space will be filled with mist and infused with scents from Xerjoff’s Shooting Star collection perfumes.
The SKYWALK exhibition also features Sesti’s Tree Beacon, a 29-foot-tall sculpture near La Fucina del Futuro and Ocean Space. This artwork symbolises the urgent need for a permanent connection between culture and conservation, emphasising how creative visions can unite public attention with scientific efforts to restore and protect the natural world.
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Petroc Sesti's sculpture "Tree Beacon" appears as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale. Photographer: Simone Padovani/Getty Images Europe
By Kriston Capps and Feargus O'Sullivan
May 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM GMT+1
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Financial Times
‘Just the thing for a place in the country’
Petroc Sesti’s sculpture at Sudeley Castle. It forms part of the Reconstruction show for which sculptors were invited to produce artworks inspired by the castle and the grounds.
by Emma Crichton-Miller
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The Times
