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Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Vær i vejret, 2016 - Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016 - Photo: Andreas Omvik
Vær i vejret, 2016
Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark, 2016
Photo: Andreas Omvik
‘Vær i vejret’ (Weather the weather), 2016, was created especially for Ordrupgaard Kunstpark, Denmark. Whenever the wind changes direction, the bronze ring releases a puff of fog into the garden. Olafur speaks about the work in this video produced by Alken Film, Denmark.
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Vær i vejret takes the form of a large vertical ring positioned along the north-south axis of the Ordrupgaard Kunstpark. A special weathervane mounted on the roof of the museum detects the direction of the wind. Whenever the wind changes direction, the ring emits a gust of fog into the park through a series of thirty-six jets that are spaced equally around the circumference of the ring.
In any work of art displayed outdoors, the weather is the invisible, unspoken element; the artwork is literally exposed to the weather. Whether we acknowledge this fact or not, the weather is always part of the work. The work embraces this invisible element, making the wind, the atmosphere, and the air in which we live explicit. Even when the wind is not blowing, the work exists in a state of potentiality.

Artwork details

Title

Vær i vejret

Year

2016

Materials

Bronze, stainless steel, water, pump, nozzles, control unit, wind sensor unit