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  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2006 – 2005 - Photo: Christopher Burke
  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Palast der Republik, Berlin, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Palast der Republik, Berlin, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2006 – 2005 - Photo: Christopher Burke
  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2009 – 2005 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
  • Installation view - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2009 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
  • Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
  • Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Dallas Museum of Art, 2008 – 2005 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2006 – 2005 - Photo: Christopher Burke
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Palast der Republik, Berlin, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Palast der Republik, Berlin, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2006 – 2005 - Photo: Christopher Burke
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2009 – 2005 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Installation view - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, 2009 - Photo: Nathan Keay / Courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Bright Shadows: A conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Ina Blom
Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005 - Dallas Museum of Art, 2008 – 2005 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
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Inverted Berlin Sphere, 2005

incremental pattern

luminous

shadow

space embracer

sphere

surroundings

  • incremental pattern
  • luminous
  • shadow
  • space embracer
  • sphere
  • surroundings

Part of a series of experiments with spiral geometry, this sculpture consists of 18 spirals, in between which numerous triangular one-sided mirrors are set. When the artwork is lit, its complex pattern is cast as shadows onto the surrounding surfaces.

 

Artwork details

Title

Inverted Berlin Sphere

Year

2005

Materials

Stainless steel, mirror, wire, cable, bulb, dimmer
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Artist's books
  • Your Engagement Has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality, 2006
Books
  • Light! On light in life and the life in light, 2015
Exhibition catalogues
  • Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007
Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson, 2013
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
Solo shows
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2009
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2008
  • Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007-2008
  • Your engagement sequence, 2006
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