city in the cloud: data on the ground
exhibition
2025
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, 16 October 2025 – 8 March 2026
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Research and Photography: Giulia Bruno
City in the Cloud: Data on the Ground investigates the hidden architectures, ecologies, and energies that sustain digital infrastructures. The exhibition traces the physical foundations of the so-called “cloud,” revealing its entanglement with urban, environmental, and social systems.
Through photography and research, Giulia Bruno explores the material and conceptual dimensions of data infrastructures. Her work examines how technological landscapes intersect with human perception, translating the abstract flows of information into tangible spatial and visual experiences. By bringing into focus the architectures of computation and their environmental imprints, her practice opens a critical reflection on the relationship between image, system, and territory.

Curator: Damjan Kokalevski
Research Advisor: Marina Otero Verzier
Research and Photography: Giulia Bruno
Photography: Catherine Hyland
Curatorial Assistants: Ramona Kornberger, Leo Paulmichl, Māra Starka
Public Program Coordinator: Sarolta Szatmári
Student Assistant: Yuval Ehud
Exhibition Design: CP WH
Graphic Design / Motion: Wiegand von Hartmann
Interactive Exhibits: 3E8.STUDIO

Publication:
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue published by ARCHITANGLE, edited by Cara Hähl-Pfeifer, Damjan Kokalevski, and Andres Lepik, available at the Cedon Museum Shop.

Thanks to:
Giuseppe Ielasi for editing and sound composition
Paola Raheli dedition,, love and support
Photo Giulia Bruno, 2025
Photo Giulia Bruno, 2025