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  • 1 m3 light, 1999 - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
  • 1 m3 light, 1999 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
  • 1m3 light - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 - Photo: Christopher Burke
  • 1 m3 light, 1999 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
1 m3 light, 1999 - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
1 m3 light, 1999 - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany, 2004 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
1m3 light - MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York, 2008 - Photo: Christopher Burke
1 m3 light, 1999 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
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1 m3 light, 1999

darkness

density

fog

light

light intensity

making space explicit

  • darkness
  • density
  • fog
  • light
  • light intensity
  • making space explicit

In a dark room filled with fog, twenty-four halogen bulbs are positioned to delineate one cubic metre of light.

 

Artwork details

Title

1 m3 light

Year

1999

Materials

Halogen lamps, steel stands, fog machine
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  • Surroundings Surrounded: Essays on Space and Science, 2001
Monographs
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  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
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  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008
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