Tag Archives: installation

Multiple grotto (2004)

Upon encountering ‘Multiple grotto’ (2004), exhibition visitors may feel like astronauts approaching a jagged, geometric, stainless steel meteorite. Yet circle around the object and interior space becomes apparent; step inside and its effect is revealed.
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Room for one colour (1997)

While the title may evoke the monochrome, Eliasson’s ‘Room for one colour’ (1997) recognises the materiality of light; the physical impression that it has on oneself and the environment.
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Yellow versus purple (2003)

For many works in the Take your time: Olafur Eliasson exhibition, the visible spectrum is not simply a palette of set colours, but instead represents a form unto itself. With ‘Yellow versus purple’ (2003), the artist negotiates opposing hues of the colour spectrum.
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Installation reflection

Toby Chapman was one of the many volunteers who devoted hours to the preparation of Take your time: Olafur Eliasson. Here, he provides a brief insight into the process.
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A quiet moment

Monday December 7, 6pm
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Installation Diary | Part 3

Working on the weekend installing Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, MCA’s Install Coordinator, Tony Mighell takes us behind the scenes as the team gets down to the pointy end of installation…
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Preparing the ‘Moss wall’

As viewers of art or visitors to an exhibition, we remain blissfully unaware of the many hours that go into transporting, preparing and positioning each piece. Nadia Maljkovic is an MCA Educator and Preparator. She has recently been overseeing the installation of ‘Moss wall’ (1994) as part of Take your time: Olafur Eliasson and shares [...]
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Installation Diary | Part 2

The start of another busy week! MCA’s Install Coordinator, Tony Mighell, posts his behind the scenes diary for Take your time: Olafur Eliasson.
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Installation diary | Part 1

In the first of a series of diary entries, MCA’s Manager of Exhibition Services and the Install Coordinator, Tony Mighell, posts his experience of installing Take your time: Olafur Eliasson.
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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.
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