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  • Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
  • Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - i8 Gallery, Reykjavik, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
Light extension, 2002 - Esbjerg Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 2002
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Light extension, 2002

compositional layers

darkness

experiencing depth

optical illusion

projection

shifting appearances

spatial potential

square

three dimensionality

  • compositional layers
  • darkness
  • experiencing depth
  • optical illusion
  • projection
  • shifting appearances
  • spatial potential
  • square
  • three dimensionality

Images of two sides and the end of a room are projected toward a vanishing point, so that the projection completely covers one wall of a dark, rectangular room. This seems to double the space in which the viewer stands.

 

Artwork details

Title

Light extension

Year

2002

Materials

3 spotlights, 3 tripods, control unit
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Your Lighthouse: Works with Light 1991–2004, 2004
Solo shows
  • Olafur Eliasson, 2002
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