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Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Fondation Beyeler, Basel 2015 - Photo: Mathias Mangold
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Fondation Beyeler, Basel 2015
Photo: Mathias Mangold
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016 - Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2016
Photo: María del Pilar García Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich – 2018 - Photo: Gunnar Gustafsson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich – 2018
Photo: Gunnar Gustafsson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014 - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich – 2018 - Photo: Gunnar Gustafsson
Your unpredictable sameness, 2014
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich – 2018
Photo: Gunnar Gustafsson
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Two mechanical arms are mounted near one another. Each of these arms has a circular joint in the middle and a small lamp at the end. The arms are attached to motors which rotate the arm upwards and then release it, allowing it to swing like a pendulum. The momentum transferred through the circular joint causes the lower section of each arm to spin and twirl unpredictably, its movements emphasised by the lamp at the end. Identical inputs lead to two different results; these continue to play out in parallel as the swinging arms gradually come to a standstill.

Artwork details

Title

Your unpredictable sameness

Year

2014

Materials

Aluminium, LED lights, motors, control units