Black Box 4th - 6th October Veronika Valk Former Nat West Bank in Cardiff Bay Born in Tallinn, architect and artist Veronika Valk has made an impact on the Estonian cultural landscape that belies her youth. A one half of the in-demand architecture and events duo ZiZi & YoYo, she has won commissions for public and pri- vate buildings, interiors and landscapes. In her work, she investigates the aspirations of buildings, spaces and cities and
the people inhabiting and using them.

For Urban Legacies, Valk proposed over 20 ideas compiled in an ‘urban self help guide on how to reconstruct your city in 30 days.’ One of those proposals, a temporary infl atable hotel, has been installed in the former Nat West Bank in Cardiff Bay. Built from basic materials and infl ated by simple desk fans, this ‘Black Box Hotel’ will also host discussion, a cinema, video art, performances and work by artists from Wales and Estonia. This project is part of Urban Legacies: Another New Babylon, a series of temporary public art projects commissioned by CBAT, the arts & regeneration agency, Cardiff.

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