At this year’s Heartland Festival, Olaf Breuning presented a new site-specific installation titled "Sun and Cloud". Standing 10 meters tall, the work featured a dark grey cartoonish cloud hovering above, or gently drifting away from, a bright yellow sun. Built on a visibly constructed, ladder-shaped framework, the sculpture reflected both the humor and fragility of humanity’s attempts to shape and interact with nature.
Inspired by Breuning’s earlier large-scale work "Clouds" (2014), originally installed at the entrance to Central Park in New York, this new sculpture introduced a more layered mood. Where "Clouds" celebrated optimism and clear skies, "Sun and Cloud" suggested a shadow looming nearby, complicating the image of joy and lightness. True to Breuning’s approach, the work avoided a single interpretation. Instead, it offered a playful yet poetic meditation on the tension between control and chaos, idealism and reality.
Photos by Anne Mie Bak
