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  • Lava floor, 2002 - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, 2013 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Bertrand Huet
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Bertrand Huet
  • Lava floor, 2002 - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2003 – 2002 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Lava floor, 2002 - KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Denmark, 2013 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Bertrand Huet
Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Marc Domage
Lava floor, 2002 - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, 2002 - Photo: Bertrand Huet
Lava floor, 2002 - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2003 – 2002 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
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Lava floor, 2002

constructed nature

destabilisation

journey

orientation

volcanic

walking through

you only see things when you move

  • constructed nature
  • destabilisation
  • journey
  • orientation
  • volcanic
  • walking through
  • you only see things when you move

Visitors are invited to traverse several tons of igneous Icelandic rock, laid out on a museum floor. The rock surface creates an unusual sensation and sound as one walks across it.

 

Artwork details

Title

Lava floor

Year

2002

Materials

Lava rocks
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Den trekantede himmel & Lava floor, 2013
  • Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, 2007
  • Funcionamiento silencioso, 2003
  • Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, 2002
Interviews
  • Your Engagement Has Consequences, 2008
Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018
  • Olafur Eliasson, 2013
  • Det indre af det ydre, 2008
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
Solo shows
  • Olafur Eliasson: Den trekantede himmel, 2013
  • The body as brain - Lava Floor: Projekt Sammlung (5), 2007-2008
  • Funcionamiento silencioso, 2003
  • Chaque matin je me sens différent, chaque soir je me sens le même, 2002
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