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Object defined by activity (then), 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Installation view - Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2012 - Photo: Jean Vong
Installation view - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Object defined by activity (then), 2009 - 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
Sketch for the exhibition Your chance encounter, 2009
Object defined by activity (then), 2009 - Fondation Carmignac – 2022 - Photo: Thibaut Chapotot
Object defined by activity (then), 2009 - Fondation Carmignac – 2022 - Photo: Thibaut Chapotot
Installation view, Object defined by activity (then), 2009, (now), (soon) - Fondation Carmignac – 2022 - Photo: Thibaut Chapotot
Object defined by activity (then), 2009 - National Museum of Qatar, Doha – 2023 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
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Three small water fountains, each spouting in a different shape, are installed in a darkened space. Strobe lights placed immediately above each fountain illuminate the water droplets for an instant, producing the appearance of a static arrangement suspended in mid-air.

Artwork details

Title

Object defined by activity (then)

Year

2009

Materials

Water, stainless steel, foam plastic, plastic, pump, nozzles, strobe light