The Walker Art Center brings back Tomas Saraceno after his soaring art experiment in 2008

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Last October, on the grounds of the Walker Art Center, Argentine architect-artist Tomas Saraceno and writer Alberto Pesavento launched their Utopian art object-a giant balloon the size of a basketball court, made of plastic bags collected from participants around the globe-using the heat of the sun. Titled Museo aero solar and constructed during a series of community workshops at the Walker, the balloon was created "in the spirit of an experiment," says Walker visual-arts curator Yasmil Raymond. Saraceno approaches much of his work in this way.rnIn May, Saraceno returns to the museum for a one-man show featuring drawings, kinetic sculptures, photographs, and a new audience-engaging installation. The exhibition will flesh out some of the ideas hinted at in Museo aero solar. For example, Saraceno's concern over the depletion of Earth's natural resources will be expressed in the use of solar panels in the gallery windows and on the adjacent terrace to power lighting.