Exhibition Catalogue accompanying the exhibition City in the Cloud – Data on the Ground from October 16, 2025 – March 8, 2026, at the Architekturmuseum der TUM in Munich in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
City in the Cloud – Data on the Ground looks beneath the surface of the digital world. Data feels immaterial, yet it’s built on vast physical networks — raw material extraction, undersea cables, and ever-growing, energy-hungry data centers. These infrastructures don’t just shape economies and politics; they reshape landscapes, labor, and lives — often along (neo)colonial lines. The catalogue brings together voices from architecture, art, and theory to expose the real costs of our connected world and to imagine digital futures grounded in transparency, justice, and care.
Our design uses a modern serif font and a radically reduced visual language — clear, direct, and informative. It mirrors the exhibition’s architecture: both minimal and revealing, exposing the structures that usually stay unseen.
With contributions by James Bridle, Giulia Bruno, Teresa Fankhänel, Cara Hähl-Pfeifer, Max Hallinan, Mél Hogan, Catherine Hyland, Damjan Kokalevski, Andres Lepik, Niklas Maak, Marija Marić, Anna-Maria Meister, Marina Otero Verzier, Trevor Paglen, Godofredo Enes Pereira, Andra Pop-Jurj, Alison Powell, Māra Starka, and Rafael Uriarte.
Designed: Wiegand von Hartmann
Publisher Architangle
English/German Edition
City in the Cloud – Data on the Ground, Book, Architekturmuseum der TUM in Pinakothek der Moderne, 2025
