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  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1999 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Ela Bialkowska
  • Sketch for Five orientation lights, 1999
  • Sketch for Five orientation lights, 1999
  • Spread from Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, edited by Angeline Scherf, Paris 2002
  • Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
  • What we have in common is that we are different
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Five orientation lights, 1999 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna, 2015 - Photo: Andrers Sune Berg
Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Five orientation lights, 1999 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1999 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Five orientation lights, 1999 - Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy, 1999 - Photo: Ela Bialkowska
Sketch for Five orientation lights, 1999
Sketch for Five orientation lights, 1999
Spread from Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, edited by Angeline Scherf, Paris 2002
Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
What we have in common is that we are different
Five orientation lights, 1999 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Five orientation lights, 1999 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna, 2015 - Photo: Andrers Sune Berg
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Five orientation lights, 1999

colour

colour spectrum

darkness

landscape

light

lighthouse

looking out

luminous

mapping

orientation

  • colour
  • colour spectrum
  • darkness
  • landscape
  • light
  • lighthouse
  • looking out
  • luminous
  • mapping
  • orientation

Five small lighthouses, here situated in the Tuscan countryside in Italy, separate the surroundings into sections by illuminating them with different colours of light. Each lighthouse emits light through a fresnel lens, which is encased in a faceted coloured-glass housing. The area is thus mapped using a colour code rather than ordinary cartographic means.

Artwork details

Title

Five orientation lights

Year

1999

Materials

Stainless steel, coloured glass, halogen bulbs, and fresnel lenses
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  • Your Lighthouse: Works with Light 1991–2004, 2004
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