Berndnaut Smilde's Fleeting Clouds

Berndnaut Smilde is a Dutch artist, creating thoroughly unexpected art in unexpected places. His clouds last for just a number of seconds before dissipating into nothingness. But the images he captures create a fascinating sense of place.

The concept of creating a floating cloud inside a building is simplistic, but the effect is powerful, and immediately disarms the viewer, making them reinterpret the physical space and feeling of the imagery.

National Geographic has a fascinating story on Smilde’s art, that inhabits a number of buildings around the world.

Images © Copyright Berndnaut Smilde.

His series is entitled “Nimbus”, and brings these solitary, fleeting moments to modern and historical buildings, each of which have their own feel. Nimbus-moss-and-fog-4