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Air Deluxe, 2017
mixed media
Air Deluxe is an attempt to manage the polluted air of Luxembourg by installing a custom built air conditioning system along rue Philippe II. Of course, this is a purely symbolic solution. Installing air-conditioning in a street or an entire city may sound funny, naive or even derisive, however such systems have become a reality in large scale industrial architecture and spawned a field called climate engineering. In an dystopian scenario, where nothing is done to prevent air pollution, then mitigating the worst effects becomes imaginable: it is possible to filter pollution out of localised outdoor areas. If streets can be washed, cleaned and polished then likewise the air in a street can be exchanged.
Air Deluxe is an attempt to manage the polluted air of Luxembourg by installing a custom built air conditioning system along rue Philippe II. Of course, this is a purely symbolic solution. Installing air-conditioning in a street or an entire city may sound funny, naive or even derisive, however such systems have become a reality in large scale industrial architecture and spawned a field called climate engineering. In an dystopian scenario, where nothing is done to prevent air pollution, then mitigating the worst effects becomes imaginable: it is possible to filter pollution out of localised outdoor areas. If streets can be washed, cleaned and polished then likewise the air in a street can be exchanged.
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