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Riverbed, 2014

ascending, descending

heightened awareness

intervention

landscape

looking up, looking down

moving water

reconfiguring space

rethinking the institution

site-specific installation

slowing down

there is no outside

volcanic

walking through

water

you only see things when you move

connecting space

constructed nature

destabilisation

encountering others

expectations

  • ascending, descending
  • heightened awareness
  • intervention
  • landscape
  • looking up, looking down
  • moving water
  • reconfiguring space
  • rethinking the institution
  • site-specific installation
  • slowing down
  • there is no outside
  • volcanic
  • walking through
  • water
  • you only see things when you move
  • connecting space
  • constructed nature
  • destabilisation
  • encountering others
  • expectations

 

Details
Materials
Water, Icelandic rock (volcanic stones [blue basalt, basalt, lava], other stones, gravel, sand), wood, steel, plastic sheeting, hose, pumps, cooling unit
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Olafur Eliasson: Sometimes the river is the bridge, 2020
  • Riverbed, Louisiana Museum of modern art, 2014
Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018
Solo shows
  • Riverbed, 2014 - 2015
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