Pcai is glad to announce the premiere of the artwork Funny Weather, by PCAI collection artist Theo Triantafyllidis at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, in Manchester on 11 November 2026.
Funny Weather is about navigating a new era of climate uncertainty in which the weather becomes a main character in our lives. It is a weather forecast for a world changing faster than it can be predicted.
The new digital work is a screen based live simulation that plays with the format of a weather forecast. Visuals slowly transition from quiet cloud formations into epic sunsets, while migrating flocks transform into colourful kites. Combining real-time atmospheric data with recent bird sightings and a bespoke locally hosted AI Oracle, Funny Weather creates a constantly evolving picture of the skies above us.
Long before satellites, the sky was our first forecast. Birds were read for omens, clouds for portents, and wind for what was to come. Today, simulations and datasets, like those used in Funny Weather, are relied upon to predict future patterns, however with our changing climate predictive models built from existing knowledge and patterns can be limiting. Funny Weather explores this tension through a living, unpredictable, and at times darkly comical weather forecast.
Following its run in Manchester, Funny Weather will present at Onassis ONX (Athens + New York), M+ (Hong Kong) and ACMI (Melbourne), with each contributing their own site-specific data sets to further drive Funny Weather’s playful narrative.
Media Wall at Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, Manchester
11 November – 6 December 2026
19 January – 26 March 2027
Complimentary Programme to follow January 2027
Read more here.
Image Credit: Theo Triantafyllidis, Funny Weather, 2026, Still. Courtesy the Artist and The Breeder, Athens.
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