Michaela Gleave

Michaela Gleave

Cloud Spa (Faux Mo)

2016

Timber construction, water, misting units, plumbing, LEDs, scent

Created for Faux Mo 2016,  MONA FOMA, Museum of Old and New Art, Tasmania

Photographs 1-7 by Michaela Gleave, 8-10 by Rémi Chauvin, Faux Mo 2016

Cloud Spa (Faux Mo) was a pool of real cloud, installed underground in the deepest depths of Faux Mo 2016.  A retro-futuristic spa environment, the only source of light in the room were blue and aqua LEDs, installed at cloud level to illuminate the abyss.  Accessed via a wooden ladder and circular entrance the internal space was modelled to operate somewhere between a 70's conversation pit, theatre in-the-round, and communal bath house.  The cloud was charged with ions, promoting feelings of well-being, and scented to encourage astral travel.  A space for discussion and contemplation, rejuvenation and relaxation; a respite in the three days of madness that is Faux Mo.

With thanks to Jamin Kluss, Aedan Howlett and the team at Faux MO.