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Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris – 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing 2018 - Photo: Xing Yu
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing 2018
Photo: Xing Yu
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014 - Photo: Iwan Baan
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2014
Photo: Iwan Baan
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
Sketch for exhibition Contact, 2014
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014 - Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing 2018 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Map for unthought thoughts, 2014
Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing 2018
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
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Map for unthought thoughts occupies a semicircular space whose long axial wall is covered in mirrors to give the impression that the space is a full circle. At the centre of the room, a slowly rotating light shines from the base of the wall through five curved, concentric fences. Each fence consists of a different arrangement of crossing steel bands; the shadow cast by all the fences taken together forms a fivefold symmetrical pattern on the room’s curved white wall.

As visitors pass through the space, their perception of the fences’ alignment shifts. The shadow pattern cast on the wall and the size of the visitors' own shadows undergo constant transformation. The work continues Olafur Eliasson’s long-standing interest in fivefold symmetry, which first began through his collaboration with Icelandic geometer Einar Thorsteinn.

Artwork details

Title

Map for unthought thoughts

Year

2014

Materials

Stainless steel, foil mirror, HMI lamp, aluminium, fabric, motor, control unit, paint (black)