Dawn Breaks at mudac’s Solar Biennale, Switzerland

Chloe with Dawn Breaks at Soleil.s at mudac

Art and Energy’s Chloe Uden travelled all the way to Lausanne, Switzerland to view her solar artwork Dawn Breaks at the opening event of Soleil.s at mudac (Musée cantonal de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains).

Dawn Breaks forms part of the Soeil.s Solar Biennale 2 exhibition running from the spring equinox to the autumn equinox and will then form part of the museum’s permanent collection.

Soleil·s features install­a­tions, arte­facts, films, innov­at­ive mater­i­als, and immers­ive spaces, includ­ing original creations by a wide range of artists and design­ers. There will also be events, parties and activ­it­ies to explore the many facets of the sun, a univer­sal symbol and source of life.

Dawn Breaks is a solar artwork, created by Chloe Uden and The Art and Energy Collective in 2019, made with glass, EVA glue, silicon solar cells, tabbing wire, electrical components. It forms part of a series of solar artworks and other works can be purchased on our website.

Launched in 2022 in the Neth­er­lands by design­ers Pauline van Dongen and Marjan van Aubel, the Solar Bien­nale provides a plat­form for reflec­tion on the chal­lenges of solar energy. For this second edition, mudac will broaden the theme by bring­ing together design­ers, curat­ors, activ­ists, and research­ers to explore expan­ded perspect­ives on how to approach ecolo­gical trans­ition. Far from limit­ing itself to a single, socially construc­ted vision, Soleil·s will address the symbolic, polit­ical, prac­tical, and aesthetic dimen­sions of our rela­tions to that star.