Drawing inspiration from clouds, bubbles, spiderwebs, and other natural structures, artist Tomas Saraceno creates visionary installations that capture the imagination and ask pointed questions about the sociopolitical conditions in which we live as well as our capacity to change them. With essays by curator Meredith Malone, architectural historian Igor Marjanovi, and art historian Ines Katzenstein as well as a conversation between the artist and physicist Denis Weaire this thought-provoking catalog"approaches Saraceno s uniquely experimental, cross-disciplinary, and collaborative practice from a variety of angles. The artwork in "Tomas Saraceno: Cloud-Specific "includes pneumatic sculptures, modular environments, large-scale drawings, and video, all conceived as part of his ongoing exploration "Air-Port-City / Cloud-City" (2001 present), a floating city in the sky fueled by solar and wind energy. Documenting the related exhibition at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum and more broadly examining the artist s working process, this book is among the first to investigate Saraceno s work and its place at the intersection of art, architecture, engineering, and the natural sciences in a globalized world.