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The very large ice floor, 1998 - XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The very large ice floor, 1998
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The very large ice floor, 1998 - XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The very large ice floor, 1998
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The very large ice floor, 1998 - XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
The very large ice floor, 1998
XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, 1998
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Conversation between Olafur Eliasson and Hans Ulrich Obrist
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The very large ice floor, 1998 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1998 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
The very large ice floor, 1998
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1998
Photo: Franz Wamhof
The very large ice floor, 1998 - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1998 - Photo: Franz Wamhof
The very large ice floor, 1998
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany, 2001 – 1998
Photo: Franz Wamhof
At the 24th Bienal de São Paulo, 1998, Eliasson created a surface of ice that seemed to extend through the glass facade of the Oscar Niemeyer biennial pavilion into the plaza outside. The texture of the two ice surfaces reacted differently to the interior and exterior environments and to the traffic of people walking across the ice. The installation, documented here in São Paulo, was later adapted and exhibited in Kassel, in 1998, and Karlsruhe, in 2001.
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Inside the Oscar Niemeyer biennial pavilion in São Paulo, a large, shallow basin was constructed, abutting the transparent glass façade. A second, smaller basin was installed directly adjacent to the first, but outside the façade on the plaza. The basins were filled with water and chilled to freezing point. The texture of the two ice surfaces reacted differently to the interior and exterior climates, and to the traffic of people walking across the ice. The installation has also been exhibited, under different conditions, in Kassel (1998) and Karlsruhe (2001), Germany.