What if the sky above us is not empty space?

What if the sky above us is not empty space, but rather a quietly debated realm? Skyscraping by Leidy Karina Gómez Montoya explores the sky as a place full of images, resources, power, and imagination. Here, nations, companies, and organizations negotiate their position, boundaries shift, and our relationship with the atmosphere changes.

The sky is a medium through which chemicals, aircraft, signals, viruses, spores, electromagnetic charges, flying animals, and even hopes and fears dwell. Its behavior is captured in high-resolution images at many scales. Yet these images, and the data behind them, often remain hidden or hard to read for most citizens. 

Skyscraping uses self-built tools and recording devices to investigate how images of the sky are produced, manipulated and controlled. From military interventions to encrypted signals and engineered clouds, powerful infrastructures dictate who might see, access, and claim ownership of the sky. By questioning these systems, the project creates poetic counter-observations beyond the supposed truths of technology.