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  • Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  •  Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
  • Regenfenster, 1999 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • Regenfenster, 1999 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Katrin Schilling
  • Museums Are Radical
  • Sketch for Regenfenster, 1999
  • Sketch for Regenfenster, 1999
Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
 Regenfenster, 1999 - Tate Modern, London – 2019 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Regenfenster, 1999 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Regenfenster, 1999 - Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany, 1999 - Photo: Katrin Schilling
Museums Are Radical
Sketch for Regenfenster, 1999
Sketch for Regenfenster, 1999
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Regenfenster, 1999

constructed nature

expectations

installation

looking out

optical illusion

serenity

site-specific installation

water

waterfall

weather

  • constructed nature
  • expectations
  • installation
  • looking out
  • optical illusion
  • serenity
  • site-specific installation
  • water
  • waterfall
  • weather

A pipe, installed over a strip of windows approximately 10-meter long, is perforated with hundreds of tiny holes, each fitted with a nozzle. Water, pumped through the pipe, drips down the windows, giving the impression that it is raining outside.

Artwork details

Title

Regenfenster

Year

1999

Materials

Metal, water, sprinkler, nozzles
Related
Exhibition catalogues
  • Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, 2019
  • The Weather Project, 2003
Monographs
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
Solo shows
  • Olafur Eliasson: In real life, 2019
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