PERSONAL PLANETS – Moving Scenographies
Small worlds suspended in space, where colour, light and transparency come together to create ever-changing constellations.
Curatorial Text
Personal Planets is an ongoing collection of sculptures and installations inspired by the idea of small worlds suspended in space.
Colour, light and transparency come together to create constellations capable of transforming a space into a sensory experience.
Each planet can exist independently or become part of a larger composition. Conceived as an open system, the works can be combined in different scales and configurations, adapting to architecture and transforming it into a living scenography in constant metamorphosis.
Each planet is a small suspended ecosystem. Rather than representing an imaginary world, it offers a way of looking at our own from a different scale. Its orbits can be composed of coloured discs, transparent spheres, Murano glass hearts and natural or reclaimed elements that capture, filter and transform light.
When a projection passes through the work, colour ceases to be a surface and becomes a living phenomenon. Shadows shift, layers of transparency overlap, and the surrounding space is gradually transformed into a landscape in constant metamorphosis.
More than simply decorating a space, Personal Planets create atmospheres. Light, transparency, shadows, projected images and the movement of the viewer continuously transform the perception of the work, allowing each moment to reveal a new and unexpected constellation.
These kinetic sculptures and installations do not seek to reproduce the universe. They evoke an inner cosmos where perception expands and time seems to slow down. Each installation becomes an invitation to contemplate the invisible movement of light.
Entirely handcrafted, Personal Planets are created through a careful process of reuse and transformation, combining preserved natural materials, Murano glass crystals, objets trouvés and reclaimed elements. Fragments with different histories and origins are brought together to create small suspended worlds—unexpected constellations floating between nature, light, colour and transparency.
PERSONAL PLANETS – FAMILIES – Small Worlds, Infinite Constellations
Each planet is a small suspended ecosystem.
Rather than representing an imaginary world, each work offers a way of looking at our own.
Personal Planets is an ongoing artistic research that explores the idea of the planet as a small autonomous world: a suspended microcosm where matter, colour, light, memory and imagination enter into dialogue.
Each planet develops its own identity. Some emerge from botanical forms, others from transparent materials, objects trouvé, Murano glass crystals, colour or light. They are not conceived as replicas of existing worlds, but as autonomous presences, each with its own internal landscape.
Over time, these individual worlds can enter into dialogue with one another, forming constellations, installations and larger spatial compositions.
The project unfolds through three interconnected lines:
GREEN PLANETS · BOTANICAL
Suspended Ecosystems
Nature does not disappear. It transforms.
Green Planets explore the relationship between nature, suspension and transformation.
Each work brings together botanical elements and sculptural structures to create small suspended ecosystems. Organic forms are displaced from their original context and reconfigured within a new spatial and perceptual system.
The planet becomes a fragment of landscape, suspended between reality and the imaginal.
Some works are conceived as individual pieces, while others may become part of larger constellations.Suspended spheres containing three-dimensional botanical compositions created with preserved flowers, branches and plant species. Each planet becomes a small ecosystem in which nature appears to float in a state of equilibrium.
Entirely handcrafted using high-quality preserved natural materials and recycled elements, including Murano glass, Green Planets require no maintenance.
Each work is unique or belongs to a limited series and can be customised in terms of size, composition and colour palette.
PERSONAL CONSTELLATIONS – Kinetic Light Installations + Projection
Small worlds suspended in space, where colour, light and transparency come together to create ever-changing constellations.
Personal Constellations are kinetic compositions and installations in which multiple Personal Planets enter into dialogue through light, height, spatial rhythm and movement.
Individual planets may exist independently or come together to form larger constellations. Their relationships change according to their position, distance and interaction with the surrounding space.
Transparent elements, coloured surfaces, wire, Murano glass crystals, objets trouvés, reclaimed and recycled materials create shifting relationships between opacity and transparency, density and lightness, reflection and shadow.
The installations are conceived in dialogue with the architecture that hosts them, transforming space into a living scenography in constant metamorphosis.
In certain configurations, projection may introduce additional moving fields of colour and light, generating reflections and chromatic landscapes that continuously transform the perception of the installation.
Rather than reproducing the universe, Personal Constellations evoke an inner cosmos where perception expands and time seems to slow down.
Installations composed of multiple Personal Planets that interact with one another through light, height, spatial rhythm and movement.
When projected imagery is introduced, moving fields of colour and light pass through the suspended elements, generating reflections, shadows and constantly changing chromatic landscapes.
Each project is designed specifically for the architecture that hosts it, becoming a true living scenography.
CHROMATIC ORBITS
Colour in Motion
Every orbit is a relationship. Every colour, a movement.
Chromatic Orbits explore colour as a spatial and kinetic experience.
Here, the planet becomes a field of chromatic relationships, where coloured surfaces, transparency, light and movement generate continuously changing visual configurations.
The circular structures surrounding the planets are not merely formal elements. They create orbits, frames and shifting thresholds through which colour is perceived in relation to space.
As the viewer moves, the relationships between the different elements change. Colour becomes unstable, relational and alive. Compositions in which translucent coloured discs, spheres and organic elements generate plays of transparency, shadows and chromatic projections that transform the perception of space.
Light passes through, reflects and overlaps the different elements, creating constantly shifting relationships between colour, depth and movement.
Artwork Details
Artist
Claudia Bonollo
Collection
PERSONAL PLANETS
Series
GREEN PLANETS · BOTANICAL
PERSONAL CONSTELLATIONS
CHROMATIC ORBITS
Edition
Unique Pieces · Limited Series · Site-specific Installations
Dimensions
Variable · Custom dimensions available
Year
2011–Present
Acquisition
Each project is conceived as an open system and can be developed in different scales, compositions and configurations.
Individual works may exist independently or come together to create a larger constellation, designed in dialogue with the architecture and the specific characteristics of each space.
For information about available works, dimensions, custom compositions, site-specific installations or pricing, please contact the artist directly at:
Created in Madrid · Crafted for collectors.
Production
Each Personal Planet is entirely handcrafted through a careful process of composition, reuse and transformation.
Due to the nature of the materials and the handmade process, each work is unique and may present subtle variations.
Production time depends on the scale and complexity of the work or installation.
Shipping
Shipping costs are calculated according to destination.
Please contact us for a personalised shipping quote.
info@claudiabonollo.com
Worldwide shipping available.
Packaging
Each artwork is carefully prepared and professionally packaged according to its dimensions and materials to ensure safe transport.
Site-specific and large-scale installations are organised individually.
Price
On request
Prices vary according to dimensions, materials, composition and installation requirements.
Created in Madrid · Crafted for collectors.
PERSONAL PLANETS AT THE ETERNAL SPRING
A Multisensory Installation
Personal Planets become part of The Eternal Spring, a multisensory installation where colour, light, sound, scent and natural elements come together to create an immersive environment.
Within this installation, the planets enter into dialogue with the surrounding space, becoming part of a larger sensory landscape.
Here, Personal Planets are no longer experienced as isolated objects, but as elements of an environment designed to activate perception through different sensory dimensions.
The installation transforms the space into an ever-changing landscape in which colour, light, movement and the presence of natural elements invite the viewer to enter a different temporal and perceptual experience.