translucent canvas printing, iron structure, fluorescent lamp, mirror
each element: 470 x 470 x 48 cm; whole set: 470 X 470 X 1180 cm


Cloud is a sculptural element whose scale makes it a remarkable presence in the urban landscape. It consists of five large light boxes with photographic images of a cloud on the two largest faces. The photographs, taken originally from an expanding cloud, positioned in parallel suggest the appearance of a large cloud sliced into five parts. The side faces are covered with mirrors causing them to lose weight and volume, leaving only the luminous presence of the photographic images. The boxes are installed parallel to each other in sequence, with an interval of two meters between them.

Its scale allows Cloud to be visible to both pedestrians and passers by the flow of vehicles. Its installation is therefore as important as its own constitution as an object - the positioning and angulation of its axis are directly related to the movement of the spectators, establishing connections with the architectural elements and the urban flow.



“The Cloud is, in fact, a heterogeneous composition gathered by the fleeting presence of the passerby. It simultaneously exists as a sequence of individualized modules and as a greater form in which the backlights are integrated through the light generated from their interiors, occupying the gaps among them. It is the entry of the spectator in this double field that at last integrates and cuts that entity with a single and sole gesture – crossing it – making of it at the same time cloud and clouds.” (Guilherme Bueno)

“The physical crossing of the image brings with it another inversion born from this process of transference of visual materialities: if the clouds move loosened in the sky, here they are static, almost monumental, it is the spectator who moves and, we may add, it is this transit that activates the work, in the same way that, in a comparison made by the artist, the airplane pierces it high above.” (G. B.)