Tangible Cloud

Tangible Cloud gathered thirty people from different backgrounds (artists, designers, philosophers, economists, etc.) in two worksessions, which took place in May and June 2022 in Brussels. Together, they tried to imagine, through artistic practices, counter-narratives to the mainstream vision of digital: cloud computing.

A set of interviews was conducted with all participants in December 2023, follwing the worksessions, and a resitution of all the production was set in March 2023, at the KBK Gallery in Brussels.

This project was supported by ÉSA Le 75 and FRArt. It was initiated by Alex Leray, Antoine Gelgon, Romain Marula and Marianne Plano.

Counter-Narratives Worksession 18 - 21 May 2022 Green Fabric
Brussels
Technological Myths Worksession 21 - 25 June 2022 Green Fabric
Brussels
Tangible Cloud at KBK Exhibition 3 - 5 March 2023 Galerie KBK
Brussels

Tangible Cloud at KBK

Exhibition 3 - 5 March 2023 Galerie KBK
Brussels

The worksessions resulted in a diverse production, based on proposals by Élie Bolard, Seda Gürses and Femke Snelting (TITiPI), Dasha Ilina, and Marloes de Valk: a series of cards with executable words helping to reflect on more sustainable and supportive artistic practices using technology; technological fables highlighting the implications of the cloud right into our intimacy; parodic videos questioning our paradoxical relationship to platforms mixing individualism and isolation but also desire for spirituality and communion; or electronic server installations whose execution requires zany or provocative actions, possibly foreshadowing a not so distant future…

This exhibition was an opportunity to share some of the productions resulting from this research through a performance by Stevie Ango and Clyde Lepage, a series of pieces from the workshops, the edition of a deck of cards, as well as a preview of the upcoming publication and the 17 interviews conducted for the occasion.

With the participation of Agnez Bewer, Anaelle Beignon, Davide Bevilacqua, Élie Bolard, Sofia Boschat Thorez, Simon Browne, Dennis de Bel, Marloes de Valk, Romain Cazier, Celo, Stéphane Degoutin, Denis Devos, Benjamin Gaulon, Antoine Gelgon, Seda Gürses, Chloé Horta, Brendan Howell, Dasha Ilina, Mathieu Lecouturier, Alexandre Leray, Lionel Maes, Nicolas Malevé, Romain Marula, Adrien Payet, Peggy Pierrot, Marianne Plano, Femke Snelting, Camille Chautru, Thomas Thibault, Tyler Reigeluth and Emma Sizun.

Clyde Lepage performing an Infrable at the Tangible Cloud Exhibition, March 2023. A project initiated by TITiPI.

Infrables posters, design by Romain Marula, Tangible Cloud Exhibition, March 2023. A project initiated by TITiPI.

Tangible Cloud Oracle Tangible Cloud Oracle, Marloes de Valk, Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023.

Tangible Cloud Oracle Tangible Cloud Oracle, Marloes de Valk Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023.

Be? Here? Now?, installation, Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023. A project initiated by Dasha Ilina.

‘JCOIN’, Pamphelet, Be? Here? Now?, Technological Myths, June 2022. A project initiated by Dasha Ilina.

Cool, installation, collective, Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023. A project initiated by Élie Bollard.

Sing, Cradle, installation, collective, Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023. A project initiated by Élie Bollard.

Light, installation, collective, Tangible Cloud at KBK, March 2023. A project initiated by Élie Bollard.

Cloud Computing as Infrastructure en Seda Gürses Counter-Narratives Lecture
Infrables en The Institute for Technology in the Public InterestStevie Ango, Clyde Lepage Counter-Narratives Tangible Cloud at KBK Collective writting Performance Interview
Re-Used Infrastructure en Dennis de Bel Counter-Narratives Presentation Interview
Artistic Operating Systems
+ Digital Slöjd en Brendan Howell Counter-Narratives Presentation Workshop Interview
Contingent Librarian en Simon Browne Counter-Narratives Presentation Interview
Life-Cycle Assessment as the Structure en Benjamin Gaulon Counter-Narratives Presentation Interview
From Appropriate Technology
to Permacomputing en Marloes de Valk Counter-Narratives Tangible Cloud at KBK Presentation Workshop Interview
Parer à l’imprésentable fr Adrien Payet Counter-Narratives Lecture Interview
Mining the Cloud en Sofia Boschat-Thorez Counter-Narratives Presentation Interview
Impacts environnementaux du numérique
+ Métaphores visuelles et enjeux de matérialité fr Thomas Thibault Counter-Narratives Presentation Workshop Interview
The Magical Relation to AI or
How to Live With Technical Alienation en Tyler Reigeluth Technological Myths Presentation Interview
Perception as infrastructure,
the case of computer vision en Nicolas Malevé Technological Myths Presentation Interview
Everyone everywhere all at once
+ Be? Here? Now? en Dasha Ilina Technological Myths Tangible Cloud at KBK Presentation Workshop Interview
Atlas of the Cloud
+ World Brain fr Stéphane Degoutin Technological Myths Presentation Projection Interview
Unfuck Nature with a Click:
Green Tech, Smart, Porn, & a bunch
of Technosolutionism en Davide Bevilacqua Technological Myths Lecture Interview
Plonger dans la machine fr Lionel Maes Technological Myths Lecture Interview
Nuage Sensible fr Élie Bolard Technological Myths Tangible Cloud at KBK Presentation Workshop Interview
A Traversal Network
of Feminist Servers en Wendy Van WynsbergheMartino Morandi Counter-Narratives Presentation Interview

Presentations