British Airspace
2015
​Compressed air tanks, British air, time release mechanism
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​British Airspace is technically the portion of atmosphere above or within 12 nautical miles of the British coastline. Formed with the British Aerial Navigation Act of 1911 it is a carefully monitored space, with unauthorised incursions by foreign aircraft making national headlines.

The installation British Airspace considers the concept of territorial space by viewing air as a physical material instead of a defined space. ‘British air’ is collected in London and then transported abroad for slow release in the futile act of creating a new temporary terrority.