Space Fellow Travellers

The projects and preoccupations of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson inspired this collaborative enterprise by artist, curator, scientists, and art critics. In his art, Eliasson explores our conceptions of nature and the scientific tools we use to observe, measure, and control it. Through his wor...

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Main Author: Sheikh, Simon
Other Authors: Weibel, Peter
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: MIT Press 2002
Subjects:
Iceland
Online Access:https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18269/
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spelling ftgoldsmithuniv:oai:eprints.gold.ac.uk:18269 2024-06-09T07:47:08+00:00 Space Fellow Travellers Sheikh, Simon Weibel, Peter 2002 https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18269/ unknown MIT Press Sheikh, Simon <https://research.gold.ac.uk/view/goldsmiths/Sheikh=3ASimon=3A=3A.html>. 2002. Space Fellow Travellers. In: Peter Weibel, ed. Olafur Eliasson: Surroundings Surrounded. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press, pp. 566-571. ISBN 978-0262731485 [Book Section] Book Section NonPeerReviewed none 2002 ftgoldsmithuniv 2024-05-15T08:45:08Z The projects and preoccupations of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson inspired this collaborative enterprise by artist, curator, scientists, and art critics. In his art, Eliasson explores our conceptions of nature and the scientific tools we use to observe, measure, and control it. Through his works-installations, site-specific sculptures, and photographs - the laboratory within the museum becomes the site not only of knowledge but also of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. Distinguished by a poetic economy of means and a quiet, elegant beauty, his work combines the ephemeral natural effects of light, water, and wind with more tangible materials such as wood, moss, and grass. Eliasson has often said that he is trying to recapture the Iceland of his childhood - with its hot springs, volcanoes, and frozen landscapes - in his art. Book Part Iceland Goldsmiths University of London: Goldsmiths Research Online
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description The projects and preoccupations of the Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson inspired this collaborative enterprise by artist, curator, scientists, and art critics. In his art, Eliasson explores our conceptions of nature and the scientific tools we use to observe, measure, and control it. Through his works-installations, site-specific sculptures, and photographs - the laboratory within the museum becomes the site not only of knowledge but also of aesthetic and sensual pleasure. Distinguished by a poetic economy of means and a quiet, elegant beauty, his work combines the ephemeral natural effects of light, water, and wind with more tangible materials such as wood, moss, and grass. Eliasson has often said that he is trying to recapture the Iceland of his childhood - with its hot springs, volcanoes, and frozen landscapes - in his art.
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