British artist James Bridle examines many aspects of the concept of the “cloud” in his work, from modern computer networks to English mysticism, from the first weather observations in the 19th century to climate change and contemporary conspiracy fears. Today, "the cloud" is the name we give to our greatest and most powerful technological creation: a network of computers spanning the entire earth, which shapes and directs all life on earth, and the very way we think about it. The cloud also has a footprint: it is made of the earth, and is entangled with its material history, its climatological present, and its uncertain future. In this lecture, James Bridle will give a brief overview of the cloud, its possibilities and contradictions, and suggest ways we might reconsider and reorder it.