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The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – 2020 - Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – 2020
Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – 2020 - Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo – 2020
Photo: Kazuo Fukunaga
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
Photo: Jens Ziehe
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017 - PKM Gallery, Seoul, 2017 - Photo: Jeon Byung Cheol, 2017
The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017
PKM Gallery, Seoul, 2017
Photo: Jeon Byung Cheol, 2017
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, constructing The exploration of the center of the sun - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, constructing The exploration of the center of the sun
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, constructing The exploration of the center of the sun - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, constructing The exploration of the center of the sun
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
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The exploration of the centre of the sun, 2017

Light shines out from the centre of an asymmetrical polyhedron that hangs from the ceiling, illuminating the work itself and casting variegated patches of light and shadow around the room. The form combines a rhombic dodecahedron (a polyhedron with twelve rhombic faces) with an icosahedron (which has twenty triangular faces). The result is a complex, not-quite symmetrical polyhedron that stimulates the viewer to move around the work and examine it from multiple angles. The black powder-coated stainless-steel frame incorporates panes of iridescent colour-effect-filter glass, which reflect light of a single colour while allowing the remaining light (which is of the complementary colour) to pass through. A solar panel on the gallery roof powers LEDs mounted on a slowly rotating armature suspended within the work’s core. The highly reflective, colour-limiting panes of glass multiply the light countless times, producing a galaxy-like array of shifting stars in a variety of colours.

Artwork details

Title

The exploration of the centre of the sun

Year

2017

Materials

Stainless steel, paint (black), colour-effect filter glass (blue, green), LED bulbs, photovoltaic unit, motor