This  project is a collaboration between contemporary artist Liat Segal and Tel  Aviv University physicist Yasmin Meroz, whose research focuses on plant  behavior. The Impossible Object is a sculpture made of liquid water, uniquely  shaped not by a container but by the absence of gravity. As such, the  sculpture requires microgravity and cannot exist on Earth. The sculpture  features a network of brass rods and pipes through which water is pumped.  Without gravity to pull it downwards, the water is shaped by surface tension  and adhesion forces. It clings to the metal rods, forming a dynamic  three-dimensional liquid composition. Reminiscent of a wavy, directionless  staircase, the work prompts profound questions about the nature of shape and  form in environments devoid of gravity and orientation. Specifically, it  asks: What shape does water take in such conditions? What would a piece of  sea, or a handful of wave, look like? As commercial space tourism becomes a  practical reality, examining the evolving role of arts and culture in a  domain dominated by science and technology is vital. This sculpture is an  example of research-driven art where the medium is the physics of how water  behaves in microgravity. The sculpture is a network of brass rods and pipes,  through which water is pumped. Without gravity to pull it downwards, the  water is shaped by surface tension and adhesion forces. It clings to the  metal rods, forming a dynamic three-dimensional liquid composition.  Reminiscent of a wavy, directionless staircase, the work prompts profound  questions about the nature of shape and form in environments devoid of  gravity and orientation. Specifically, it asks: What shape does water take in  such conditions? What would a piece of sea, or a handful of wave, look like?  ‘Impossible Object’ is a sculpture made of liquid water, uniquely shaped not  by a container but by the absence of gravity. As such, the sculpture requires  microgravity and cannot exist on Earth. The sculpture features a network of  brass rods and pipes, through which water is pumped. Without gravity to pull  it downwards, the water is shaped by surface tension and adhesion forces. It  clings to the metal rods, forming a dynamic three-dimensional liquid  composition. Reminiscent of a wavy, directionless staircase, the work prompts  profound questions about the nature of shape and form in environments devoid  of gravity and orientation. Specifically, it asks: What shape does water take  in such conditions? What would a piece of sea, or a handful of wave, look  like?