The Cloud Project / Zoë Papadopoulo et Catherine Kramer

The Cloud Project / Zoë Papadopoulo et Catherine Kramer. In "Images & mirages @ nanosciences", colloque international organisé par le Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Solidarités, Sociétés, Territoires (LISST) de l'Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail, le Centre d'Élaboration de Matériaux et d'Études Structurales (CEMES) rattaché à l'Institut de Physique du CNRS et le Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de Nano-Objets (LPCNO) de l'INSA Toulouse. Université Toulouse II-Le Mirail / La Fabrique Culturelle, 9-10 décembre 2010.
Thématique 8 : Langages et codes visuels des nanos. Conventions et espaces de liberté pour le scientifique et l'artiste, 10 décembre 2010.

The Cloud Project is a modified ice-cream van that present a series of experiments to make clouds snow ice-cream. Inspired by developments in nanotechnology ad planetary-scale-engineering, it points to new possibilities where we develop the means to conform the global environment to our needs. It was developed as a tool for public engagement, performance and spectacle with the goal to amaze and inspire people to think critically about their relationship to emerging technologies and weather modification. Merging popular culture and science, the van also hosted a series of talks from scientists, artists and designers to offer the people various sometime conflicting views on what the futur may have in store for us. Cathrine Kramer and Zoe Papadopoulo will present the development of the cloud project and give a whistle-stop tour of the places and people they met along the way.