In ‘360° room for all colours’ (2002), Olafur Eliasson turns his analytical gaze to cinematic representation, producing an immersive experience of time and colour.
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360° room for all colours (2002)
In ‘360° room for all colours’ (2002), Olafur Eliasson turns his analytical gaze to cinematic representation, producing an immersive experience of time and colour.
Posted in Visuals Tagged colour, Light, nature, perception
Take your time: Olafur Eliasson announced as part of Sydney Festival 2010
Every January, Sydney goes a little crazy for the performances, theatre, gigs and exhibitions that make up the Sydney Festival — and 2010 will be no different. Along with Al Green, Brooklyn musicians Grizzly Bear, John Cale and a risqué take on Hamlet, the program features Take your time: Olafur Eliasson.
Posted in Events Tagged art, exhibition, MCA, Sydney Festival
Olafur Eliasson at the MCA | Part 2
In this second interview chapter (read part one here), TwoThousand art contributor Sinisa Mackovic continues his conversation with MCA Senior Curator Rachel Kent about bringing Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson to Australia.
Posted in Interviews Tagged Curating, installation, MCA, Rachel Kent
A winning conversation
Olafur Eliasson will be in our country for approximately 48 hours, so if you want to catch a glimpse of the international artist, or better yet, win tickets to hear him speak live, read on.
Posted in Win Tagged Olafur Eliasson, Rachel Kent, Talk, tickets, Win
Institut für Raumexperimente
Most of the time, modern education is defined by the roles of teacher and student; master and apprentice. But Olafur Eliasson’s educational endeavour, Institut für Raumexperimente, transgresses these didactic tendencies.
Posted in Artist Studio Tagged architecture, art, Berlin, classroom, experiment, school, space, university
The installation begins!
Take your time: Olafur Eliasson is a mammoth show, not only in terms of scale of works but also in terms of the planning, transportation and installation involved. Things are building up for the installation team this week, with the last of six 40 ft containers arriving at the MCA loading dock.
Posted in Words & Inspiration Tagged behind the scenes, exhibition, installation, MCA, Moss Wall
When we create nature
Between 1998 through 2001, well-known and unknown waterways turned an intense green. In 1999, anyone living in Utrecht could witness the setting of not one but two suns. Then in 2008, the city of New York had four waterfalls appear along its East River.
Posted in Visuals Tagged Light, New York, perception, river, Waterfalls
In Conversation: Olafur Eliasson
He built waterfalls under the bridges of New York, a sun in London’s Tate Modern and encased Venice’s Palazzo Grassi in glowing electrical wire. He commands a design studio of 30+ creatives, runs his own art school — and he’s coming to Sydney.
Posted in Events Tagged MCA, Olafur Eliasson, Rachel Kent, Talk
Experiments in colour
Claude Monet once described colour as a “day-long obsession, joy and torment”. To Olafur Eliasson however, it is yet another experiment in human perception. His latest solo exhibition, Is the sky part of a landscape, focuses on the colour spectrum right down to the last nanometre.
Posted in Words & Inspiration Tagged colour, exhibition, Korea, Light, mirrors, perception
Installation diary | Part 1