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The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016 - Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016
Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016 - Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016
Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016 - Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, 2016
Photo: Hyunsoo Kim
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, moving The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, moving The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, transporting The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, transporting The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, The shape of disappearing time, 2016, Power and care spirals, Solar empowerment spiral - Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
At Studio Olafur Eliasson, The shape of disappearing time, 2016, Power and care spirals, Solar empowerment spiral
Photo: Runa Maya Mørk Huber / Studio Olafur Eliasson
The shape of disappearing time, 2016 - Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
The shape of disappearing time, 2016
Photo: Jens Ziehe, 2016
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Suspended from the ceiling, a curved steel framework contains a complex swarm of polished brass triangles within a geometrically ambiguous shape. A light at the centre of the artwork projects a mesmerising combination of light and shadow onto the surrounding space.
The shape is in fact an oloid, a geometric form invented by scientist Paul Schatz in 1924. The oloid is conceived around two congruent circles placed perpendicular to one another with the centre of each intersected by the circumference of the other.
The reflections visible on the outer brass surfaces of the triangles slide and shift in dynamic response to the viewers’ active engagement with the work. Their movement around the artwork continually reveals new perspectives of the complex form, causing it to appear as a flurry of movement and light.

Artwork details

Title

The shape of disappearing time

Year

2016

Materials

Brass, stainless steel, stainless steel mirrors, paint (black), halogen bulbs, dimmer