Air project

Speculative installation about air as a resource and metaphore of sharing

Sharing is in our nature, it always has been.
It is in our blood. It is in our lungs.​

Air project is a speculative art installation that takes air as a metaphor for access to resources and reflects on a future in which fresh air has become extremely rare and valuable.



Visitors receive a mask that they have to wear throughout their stay in the exhibition space. This mouthpiece allows them to breathe normally while their exhaled air is collected in a plastic air container. The container is sealed and stored hereinafter in the exhibition space where each container carries the exhalations of one specific, previous visitor. The quantity and volume of the used air becomes instantly visible.
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Their exhalations are used both as an abstract analogy and a realistic precedent, embodying resources. The collection of second-lung air creates a “lung-print” of the visits. It is a real time data embodiment that represents the interaction between human and environment as well as the collective use of resources.



The project addresses issues of ownership and access to the most basic of human needs in relation to our co-existence and puts visitors in a position in which they reflect upon these from a surprisingly intimate experience.

The project was first shown as a work-in-process demo on the 25th September 2012, at Labor, Budapest.