Nutiden (Here in time)

NUTIDEN (Here in Time) is a permanent artwork on a south-facing facade in Horsens. It uses daylight to cast a slow, colour-shifting pattern across the wall. Inspired by old sundials, the work isn't made to tell the time accurately, but to visualise its passing.

The installation is made of durable glass discs that transform sunlight into coloured shadows and reflections. The pattern shifts with the sun, the weather and the seasons, so no two days will look the same. It runs on daylight alone, without electricity.

The facade sits along a pedestrian street in the old town centre of Horsens. Since its installation in 2022, Nutiden has settled into the rhythm of the street and become part of the city's everyday architecture. To notice it, you don't need to know anything about art, only to walk past and see that the light on the wall looks different from yesterday.

Kunstbureau Kolossal commissioned Nutiden from Sofia Charlotta Ivarsson as part of Horsens Municipality's collection of public art and facade art.