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I only see things when they move, 2004 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004 - Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004
Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004 - Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004
Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004 - Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007 – 2004
Photo: Fabian Birgfeld / PhotoTECTONICS
I only see things when they move, 2004 - The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 – 2004 - Photo: Christopher Burke
I only see things when they move, 2004
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008 – 2004
Photo: Christopher Burke
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
I only see things when they move, 2004
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
I only see things when they move, 2004
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
I only see things when they move, 2004
Moderna Museet, Stockholm 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 2005 - Photo: Frank Haugwitz / Studio Olafur Eliasson
I only see things when they move, 2004
Aspen Art Museum, Colorado, 2005
Photo: Frank Haugwitz / Studio Olafur Eliasson
I only see things when they move, 2004 - Museum of Modern Art,  New York, 2008 - Photo: Christopher Burke
I only see things when they move, 2004
Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008
Photo: Christopher Burke
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Coloured glass filters are affixed to a lamp placed in the center of a darkened gallery. A motor individually turns the plates, casting a colourful, moving pattern of vertical reflections onto the surrounding walls.

 

Artwork details

Title

I only see things when they move

Year

2004

Materials

Wood, colour-effect filter glass, stainless steel, aluminium, paint (black), HMI lamp, tripod, glass cylinder, motors, control unit