Berndnaut Smilde’s work often draws upon the physical presence of transitional spaces.
Places such as corridors, elevators, staircases and balconies interest Smilde as spaces that exist to be in between. This interest also branches out into the possibility of how a given space might be in between states of construction and deconstruction.
Using his day to day surrounds as points of conjecture, Smilde often works in response to site, creating special narratives whereby multiple layers of ideas and meaning are able to collide and awkwardly coexist.
Throughout this process Smilde often uses construction materials and imitation products such as photographic prints, artificial turf and polystyrene interior decoration, that make reference to the physical construct of those spaces he works with and that play on the boundary of where in between starts and ends.

Tristan Hessing, MOOT

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INDOOR COUDS / BEST INVENTIONS OF THE YEAR 2012
1 November 2012, TIme Magazine
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ARTIST BERNDNAUT SMILDE CREATES INDOOR CLOUDS
13th March 2012, by Maura Judkis, The Washington Post
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MEET THE MAN WHO CAN CONTROL THE WEATHER: BERNDNAUT SMILDE REALLY DOES HAVE HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS
15th March 2012 , By Laura Cox, Mail Online
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FLOATING CLOUD INSTALLATION BY BERNDNAUT SMILDE
By Leigda db, Design Boom
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