Inspired by 19th-century British philosopher Charles Babbage’s idea that the air captures our every gesture and utterance, the Mexican-Canadian artist has created a series of interactive installations using emerging technologies like AI and robotics. One notable piece is Cloud Display, a screen made of 1,600 ultrasonic atomizers that writes words spoken into its voice recognition system using water vapor. “It explores [Babbage’s] ideas today,” Lozano says, “when the dream of perfect recollection is one of the defining conditions of our digital life, and the air that we breathe has become a battleground for the future of our planet.”