Antwerp City Collection

The Cosmic Dance / The Planetary Parade is a kite that represents the planets in our solar system and satellites that orbit them. A ‘planetary parade’ takes place in the rare occasions when multiple celestial bodies from our solar system appear in alignment to their Earth-bound observer. Made of bamboo and paper — used in China for more than two thousand years in order to fly metres-long mythical creatures in the form of kites — Claessens reflects on the very human desire to fly and leave behind the earthly realm.