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The weather project (2003) in motion
Video of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘The weather project’ (2003) at London’s Tate Modern.
Posted in Motion Tagged Light, TATE Modern, Video, Weather
Model room (2003)
You don’t really know a person unless you’ve been inside their house; until you’ve witnessed the oddities, the sentiment, the junk and the stories revealed in a frighteningly neat stack of magazines or a mouldy bathroom towel. An artist’s studio is no different.
Posted in Artist Studio Tagged Artist Studio, Berlin, Model
Inverted Berlin sphere (2005)
I first encountered the slow and vertical descent and ascent of Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Inverted Berlin Sphere’ (2005) during the landmark group exhibition 36 x 27 x 10.
The weather project (2003)
In ‘The weather project’ (2003) Olafur Eliasson literally brought the weather into the museum, installing a replica sun in the Tate Modern’s cavernous Turbine Hall.
Posted in Visuals Tagged Light, TATE Modern, Weather
Olafur Eliasson at the MCA | Part 1
What would you do with a moss wall, a room full of foam-core, an inverted disco sphere? Let’s not forget the possible colour tunnels and sunset kaleidoscopes. Bringing the works of Olafur Eliasson to Sydney is the mission facing MCA Senior Curator, Rachel Kent. In chapter one of this two part interview series, TwoThousand’s Art Editor Sinisa [...]
Posted in Interviews Tagged Curating, MCA, Rachel Kent
Take Your Time Events
The launch of the Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson microsite is the first of many events planned in and around the exhibition. Artist talks, parties and special programs will all kick off over the next few months. Make sure you check this space regularly for the first word.
Olafur Eliasson at MoMA & PS1: The Studio as Reality
The Studio as Reality. Video courtesy the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. © 2008–2009 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Posted in Motion Tagged MoMA, Olafur Eliasson, PS1, Video
(Y)our Entanglements: Olafur Eliasson, the Museum, and Consumer Culture
In an extract from the Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson exhibition catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Pritzker Director and former curator at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Madeleine Grynsztejn, introduces us to the multi-faceted world of Olafur Eliasson.
Posted in Words & Inspiration Tagged Light, Water, Waterfalls, Weather
Moss wall (1994)
Meet Eliasson’s ‘Moss wall’ (1994) — a living, breathing, colour-changing and occasionally stinking patch of arctic Reindeer Moss.
Olafur Eliasson and Robert Irwin: Take Your Time: A Conversation