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Power and care spirals, 2016 - Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016 - Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
Power and care spirals, 2016
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016
Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
Power spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Power spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Power spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Power spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Power spiral - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Power spiral
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Power spiral - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Power spiral
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Care spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Care spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Care spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
Care spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe
Care spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Care spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Care spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Care spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Care spiral - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Care spiral
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
SHIMURABros contemplate ‘Power and care spirals’, 2016, from Eliasson’s solo exhibition ‘The parliament of possibilities’, 2016–17, at Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul.

To form each of these works, a loop of steel tubing was been coiled around itself to create a column composed of two concentric spirals. The outer-facing surface of each spiral was painted black, the inner-facing surface, white. Hanging vertically from the ceiling, each column was suspended from a motor that causes it to steadily rotate. An illusion is conjured by the rotation of the two spirals: two waveforms appear to glide eternally past each other, one moving ever upwards within the column, the other forever descending.

Music by mamoru.

SHIMURAbros are the filmmaking sibling duo Yuka and Kentaro Shimura. Their work has been exhibited worldwide at venues such as the National Arts Center, Tokyo; the National University of Singapore’s Centre for the Arts, NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei; The Hessel Museum of Art and CCS Bard Galleries in New York; the Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts; and Museums Quartier, Vienna.
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Two loops of steel tubing have been coiled around themselves to create two columns, each composed of two concentric spirals. The outer-facing surface of each spiral has been painted black, the inner-facing surface, white. Hanging vertically from the ceiling, each column is suspended from a motor that causes it to steadily rotate. An illusion is conjured by the rotation of each column: two waveforms appear to glide eternally past each other, one moving ever upwards within each column, the other forever descending.

Artwork details

Title

Power and care spirals

Year

2016

Materials

Stainless steel, paint (black, white), motor