“Nimbus” series: Perfect Cloud Indoors in Manhattan by artist Berndnaut Smilde

5/16/2015 ISO 1200 Magazine 0 Comments

During two days at NeueHouse, New York, Ronchini artist Berndnaut Smilde (website) is staging his celebrated "Nimbus" series, which entails carefully controlling the temperature and humidity in the space to create an ephemeral cloud that lasts just long enough to be photographed.

Here, Smilde faces the work; watch this video detailing the cloud's creation.

Today and tomorrow at @Neuehouse, the artist Berndnaut Smilde is staging his celebrated "Nimbus" series, which entails carefully controlling the temperature and humidity in the space to create an ephemeral cloud that lasts just long enough to be photographed. Here, Smilde faces the work; check tmagazine.com tomorrow for a video detailing the cloud's creation. (Photo 2 of 3)

Una foto publicada por T: The NYTimes Style Magazine (@tmagazine) el 13 de May de 2015 a la(s) 4:50 PDT

Today and tomorrow at @Neuehouse, the artist Berndnaut Smilde is staging his celebrated "Nimbus" series, which entails carefully controlling the temperature and humidity in the space to create an ephemeral cloud that lasts just long enough to be photographed. Here's the final work; check tmagazine.com tomorrow for a video detailing the cloud's creation. (Photo 3 of 3)

Una foto publicada por T: The NYTimes Style Magazine (@tmagazine) el 13 de May de 2015 a la(s) 4:50 PDT

Today and tomorrow at @Neuehouse, the artist Berndnaut Smilde is staging his celebrated "Nimbus" series, which entails carefully controlling the temperature and humidity in the space to create an ephemeral cloud that lasts just long enough to be photographed. Here, Smilde prepares the space at Neuehouse; check tmagazine.com tomorrow for a video detailing the cloud's creation. (Photo 1 of 3)

Una foto publicada por T: The NYTimes Style Magazine (@tmagazine) el 13 de May de 2015 a la(s) 4:49 PDT