News Summary

• Black Cloud is a 100-foot-long inflatable sculpture made of 45 interconnected forms, weighing eight tons and filled with 90,000 cubic feet of air.
• Inside, 20 strobe lights flash like lightning.
• Sound plays a central role: real recordings from the war — sirens, explosions and missile strikes.
• These sounds are meant to immerse visitors in the reality of what Ukrainians are experiencing every day.
• Black Cloud stood for just one before being destroyed by a desert storm on August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day.