“It did not outstay its welcome nor did it linger long enough to become commonplace.”
“The Black Cloud was not just hybrid in style, mixing vernacular architecture with twenty-first century building techniques, but also in function and attitude too; a Sculpture/Pavilion that was dystopian and utopian in equal measure, encapsulating a pessimistic vision of the future in its dark jagged panels, yet at the same time operating as a free space for debates on alternative worlds.”
Extracts taken from Marie-Anne McQuay’s written response on Heather and Ivan Morison’s The Black Cloud, first published in 2009 in association with the erection of the large-scale pavilion during a community barn-raising in Victoria Park, Bristol. The structure also acted as a performance venue and part-host for events organised by the artists.
Read Marie-Anne McQuay’s response to The Black Cloud
