Cloud Messengers

How do we perceive risk in an age of uncertainty?

Cloud Messengers is a new installation and performance by internationally acclaimed artists Raqs Media Collective, presented by Invisible Dust at Seed130 in the heart of London’s Square Mile.

Drawing poetic and philosophical connections between monsoon rains, trade, financial markets, and the science of risk, Cloud Messengers invites audiences to reflect on our shared climate futures - and the instability of systems we once thought secure.

At the core of this new work is a question that resonates deeply with our times: how can we plan, predict, or sustain ourselves when the only constant is change?

The project forms the final chapter in Raqs Media Collective’s trilogy exploring the entanglement of water, trade, and emotion - following The Waves are Rising (Royal Docks, 2023) and The Tides of Our Tears (Richmond, 2025).

Visit the exhibition

Seed130 130 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 5LY Frieze Week (Wed 15 – Sun 19 October): Open daily 21 Oct – 29 Nov: Open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, 12:00–19:00

About the collaborators

Raqs Media Collective Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula, and Shuddhabrata Sengupta - are celebrated for their work at the intersections of art, philosophy, and historical inquiry, with exhibitions at the Venice Biennale, Documenta, and major museums worldwide. raqsmediacollective.net

Invisible Dust Creates poetic and thought-provoking projects that bring together artists and scientists to address the climate crisis and our environmental futures. invisibledust.com

Cloud Messengers is supported by Frith Street Gallery, London and Futurecity.

Seed130 Seed130 is a new temporary gallery space developed as part of the meanwhile activation for 130 Fenchurch Street. Curated by Futurecity, it hosts a 10-month programme of exhibitions, talks and performances exploring sustainability, ESG, and future thinking. Seed130 is led by CO–RE for Aviva Investors, with a design team including WilkinsonEyre and Arup. Curated by Futurecity in collaboration with key partners Invisible Dust and Eastern City Business Improvement District.

www.seed130.co.uk IG: @_seed130

images by Altay Dogahan