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  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2006 - Photo: Andreas Eggersten
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - U-Turn, Copenhagen, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - U-Turn, Copenhagen, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2006 - Photo: Andreas Eggersten
  • The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Timothy Schenck
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
The collectivity project, 2005 - The High Line, New York, 2015 - Photo: Liz Ligon
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2006 - Photo: Andreas Eggersten
The collectivity project, 2005 - U-Turn, Copenhagen, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - U-Turn, Copenhagen, 2008 - Photo: Studio Olafur Eliasson
The collectivity project, 2005 - National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo, 2006 - Photo: Andreas Eggersten
The collectivity project, 2005 - 3rd Tirana Biennale, Albania, 2005 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
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The collectivity project, 2005

architecture

community

democracy

doing things together

encountering others

experiment

public space

reality machine

touch, act, react

urban space

utopia

  • architecture
  • community
  • democracy
  • doing things together
  • encountering others
  • experiment
  • public space
  • reality machine
  • touch, act, react
  • urban space
  • utopia

Three tons of white Lego bricks were delivered to a public square in Tirana, Albania, where people were invited to build their vision of a future city. The project was also instigated in Oslo in 2006, in Copenhagen in 2008, and in New York City in 2015.

 

Artwork details

Title

The collectivity project

Year

2005

Materials

White LEGO bricks, wood
Related
Artist's books
  • Your Engagement Has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality, 2006
  • The Negotiation Project, a project by Olafur Eliasson, a film by Anri Sala, 2005
Monographs
  • Olafur Eliasson: Experience, 2018
  • Det indre af det ydre, 2008
  • Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, 2008
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