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‘A History of Clouds’ is a multimedia project about clouds, how they are represented and how they have given birth to the science of meteorology. How can one describe and depict such fleeting objects? That was the question that bothered first painters and then scientists in the 19th century. Nowadays, people ‘catch’ clouds every day, yet every day they slip through our fingers. The aim of our project is to share with the viewer the emergence of a scientific discipline, meteorology, through a complex story of representation relating the evolution of man’s techniques and of how he views the clouds. From the paintbrush to the satellite, this is the story of a handful of passionate scientists, painters, photographers and explorers who were enthralled by the ‘spectacle of the sky’. It will show the emergence of a surprising complicity between artists and scientists, but it will also present examples of doctored photos and the establishment of the first international scientific network. 1 x 52' TV, 100 x 1' Internet, TV, 1 website, 1 webdoc, 1 mobile app