Cloudscrapers looks up into air-space as a site for activated atmospheres, a privileged perch, and otherworldly occupation. Clouds are prone to felt (sensually), reflected upon (intellectually), and seen (visually and representationally). In turn, Cloudscrapers’ stories indulge cloud precipitating, cloud pondering, and cloud watching. They explore the relationship between the built and the diffuse. Can built objects exercise control in the aerial environment where everything is fluid, inter-connected, and treacherous to hang on to? What types of human encounters are uniquely aerial, and how might we best appreciate their elusive spatial ramifications? Akin to previous issues of SOILED, Cloudscrapers condenses ideas that might waft off the printed page and into the physical environment. Batten down the hatches, we’re in for a doozy!

Jack Wates constructs a sensual cloud cycle within the interior of a building.
Arthur Maxwell recounts the rescue of a public bather lost in time and nebulous emotions.
Clark Thenhaus inserts new astrological agency into simple agrarian forms.
Jenny Odell perches herself upon the cloud to better observe our quotidian surroundings.
Talha Ahmad & Michal Ojrzanowski narrate the theological dilemma faced by Muslim denizens of a floating city.
Natalya Egon & Noel Turgeon inflate the interior and exterior airspace to discover new wonders in an aging architectural icon.
Molly Chiang & Matthew DeLuca forecast a hiker’s journey along a trail elevated to atmospheric heights.
Luis Callejas tethers balloon doppelgangers of earthbound objects and creatures to protest authority.