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Parallax planet, 2014 - Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020 - Photo: Franca Candrian
Parallax planet, 2014
Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020
Photo: Franca Candrian
Parallax planet, 2014 - Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020 - Photo: Franca Candrian
Parallax planet, 2014
Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020
Photo: Franca Candrian
Parallax planet, 2014 (detail) - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Parallax planet, 2014 (detail)
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Preparatory tests for Parallax planet, 2014 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Preparatory tests for Parallax planet, 2014
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Sketch for Parallax planet, 2014
Sketch for Parallax planet, 2014
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
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An arc of water is visible through a large glass sphere, which inverts the view so that the water appears to originate from above, shoot downwards, slow, and then ‘fall’ back up to its source. The optical qualities of the sphere also distort the focus of everything except what the viewer perceives to be directly in the sphere’s centre, stretching, bending, and blurring all elements that appear at the edges.

Artwork details

Title

Parallax planet

Year

2014

Materials

Glass sphere, wood, water, pump, nozzle, stainless steel, steel, foam, plastic