CLOUD.

Extreme weather conditions are increasing and climate change is a crisis. CLOUD. reflects our influence on the climate — by touching the clouds, you feel the consequences. Humans have a devastating impact on the climate, and we should take responsibility for it.

CLOUD. — electronics and wiring behind the installation

CLOUD. — illuminated project info plaque

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Collaboration

Lars Ziegler, Tanja Landolt, Audrey Lohmann

Description

Extreme weather conditions are increasing and climate change is a crisis. CLOUD. reflects our influence on the climate. By touching the clouds you feel the consequences. Humans have a devastating impact on the climate — we should take responsibility for it.

You walk into a room with five big clouds, majestically hanging from the ceiling. By touching one of the clouds, pulsating lights start to shine. It should not be possible to enter the room without touching any cloud. With more clouds lit up, the experience gets more intense, the sound intensifies and more thunder keeps coming. When all clouds are lit up, the experience becomes quite unsettling, which motivates you to switch a few clouds off.

We want visitors to experience and reflect on their influence on the climate, represented by the clouds. With too much interaction — the activation of all clouds — the experience becomes unpleasant. It is also a metaphor for the extreme weather conditions we have often encountered. But we believe it is not too late: that's why we give visitors the opportunity to make the experience — and our planet — more pleasant again with the right action, represented by turning off the clouds. «Humans have a big impact on the climate. We should take responsibility for it.»