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Notion motion, 2005 - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Notion motion, 2005
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Notion motion, 2005 - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Notion motion, 2005
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005
Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Notion motion, 2005 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005 - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Notion motion, 2005
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Notion motion, 2005 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007 - Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2007
Photo: Ian Reeves / Courtesy of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Sketch for Notion motion, 2005
Notion motion, 2005 - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Notion motion, 2005
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 2005
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Notion motion, 2005 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2007-2008 - Photo: Ian Reeves, Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Notion motion, 2005
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, 2007-2008
Photo: Ian Reeves, Courtesy of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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Notion motion was first installed at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. It continues Eliasson's exploration of vibrations and wave patterns triggered by the viewers of his artworks. The installation consisted of three interconnected situations around a central wall. The first two situations were created by a wooden walkway running the length of the space, surrounded by a water basin that continued underneath the construction. Raised planks in the walkway functioned as wave activators, generating ripples in the water when visitors stepped on them. These were projected onto the surrounding walls, visualising the movement of the visitors around the gallery space. The third situation focused on ripples in the pool that were created by a sponge attached to a string, which dropped into the pool at regular intervals.