Credit: Varvara and Mar, We Are the Clouds, 2020, interactive digital image still. Photo courtesy of artists.
Varvara & Mar: We Are the Clouds
Join a community of clouds in this interactive art installation.
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Exhibition begins 30 minutes after sunset and ends at midnight
Perform live in front of an onsite kiosk and have your “cloud persona” appear immediately on screen, projected onto a brilliant blue sky across the side of Surrey Central Library.
Capturing only the silhouette of a given participant, the technology allows all prospective cloud-makers to contribute to the formation of an ephemeral cloud community. The use of the silhouette is a reminder that everyone is welcome to participate.
Prior to the exhibition's original opening date in 2020, Surrey locals were invited to attend production workshops with the artists where their on-camera performances were recorded to create the initial body of imagery. Varvara & Mar, an Estonia-based artist duo, used software designed specifically for this project in conjunction with a Microsoft Kinect camera.
Curated by Assistant Curator Rhys Edwards, We Are the Clouds brings people together within a space of playmaking and creativity.
Learn more about We Are the Clouds in our publication series Surrey Art Gallery Presents essay “Soft, fluffy power” by Stacey Koosel.