Ukraine's 'Black Cloud' artwork to evoke war at Burning Man festival


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Oleksiy Say’s 'Black Cloud' spans 30m by 15m, weighs nearly 8 tonnes, and uses 4km of fabric. Photo: Reuters

A massive black cloud has stood in Kyiv's historic Sophia Square this week, emitting flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder in evocation of war, before it travels to the Burning Man art festival in the United States later this year.

The Black Cloud installation, by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Say, measures 30m (100 feet) long and 15m (49 feet) high, weighs nearly eight tonnes and is made from four kilometres of fabric.

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