narrator: at the massachusetts museum of contemporary art in north adams, francesco clemente is attemptingew and different. a huge 30,000 square foot installation. this is encampment is a fleet of painted tents. it has been created for three years in collaboration in india. francesco: i have been told i am a nomadic artist, and when i was told that, the first implements a nomadic person has is tents. narrator: secured in place by ropes and weights, the bamboo structure transforms the gallery into a village. francesco: it seems the world is such purity. but i do not believe in purity. i adopted the vocabulary of tents. and the vocabulary is deeply contaminated. it is a painting you can walk in. it does not have any foundation. it is an architecture that does not violate the grounds. >> last year, all of the tents francesco has been working on came together for the first time. i have been fortunate to visit where they have been exhibited in germany, india and new york. i felt collectively they show the tremendous scope and that vision in a new way. francesco: i find the process very charming