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to float

[to be in harmony with gravity]


float on an air stream


Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Floating Chisel
Vision in Motion, 1947


Hans Haacke
Floating Sphere
1964


Hans Haacke
Sphere in Oblique Air-Jet
1967


Damien Hirst
What goes up must come down
1994


Damien Hirst
Loving in a world of desire

1995

 

float in a magnetic field



Alberto Collie: Spatial Absolutes, 1964


Tom Shannon: The Compass of Love, 1981


Wim T. Schippers: Het Is Me Wat, 1999



float in water



Jeff Koons
One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985


Jeff Koons
Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank, 1985


float on water




Jeff Koons
One Ball 50/50 Tank
1985



Jeff Koons
Two Ball 50/50 Tank
1985



Jeff Koons
Three Ball 50/50 Tank
1985



virtual float



Gerald van der Kaap: Hover Hover, 1991




Remko Scha, June 2011