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Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Kioku Keizo / Courtesy of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009
Photo: Kioku Keizo / Courtesy of 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2009
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your watercolour horizon, 2009
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Spread from Olafur Eliasson: Your Chance Encounter, edited by Studio Olafur Eliasson, Baden 2010
Spread from Olafur Eliasson: Your Chance Encounter, edited by Studio Olafur Eliasson, Baden 2010
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Your watercolour horizon consists of a spotlight, shining onto a prism that separates the white light into the colours of the spectrum; these are reflected from a circular pool of water onto the wall of the space, creating a circular rainbow. A pedal mechanism placed in the floor is connected via a rod to the water basin: when a visitor steps on the pedal, small waves are created in the pool, which make the rainbow projection on the wall vibrate.

Artwork details

Title

Your watercolour horizon

Year

2009

Materials

Stainless steel, steel, wood, rubber, water, glass prism, HMI lamp