Studio Olafur Eliasson

Studio Tomas Saraceno: An Aerocene Explorer aerosolar sculpture floating at Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich. courtesy Aerocene Foundation. @studiotomassaraceno @hauskonstruktiv

02/06/2017

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"My name is Tahajud and I participated in the Green light project in Vienna in 2016. I then went to Prague to present Green light there and have now come to Venice to teach the new Green light participants how to do the threading for the lamps. I know they were scared when they first arrived. I was scared too, because as a teacher I have the responsibility to teach them well. If I am a good teacher, I would teach them in the right way and they would learn it. If not, they won’t understand and will not be able to build the lamps. I couldn't understand the people from Somalia, China, Afghanistan and Kurdish Iraq, and they didn't understand me. I know how they feel, I feel for them and I want to help them. We communicated with movements and we could do something good together. Now after the tutorial days they are great and very fast!"
Tahajud Alghrabi is from Baghdad, where she used to work as a school principal.
You can read more personal stories on the blog: www.greenlightworkshop.org

01/06/2017

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31/05/2017

Our new book: Open House! A book about the artistic processes in the studio and its engagement with the wider world. The book is made in collaboration with independent curator Joanna Warsza, and includes conversations with studio members, texts by friends and insights into current research. Out in two weeks - pre-order now on Walther König

31/05/2017

"We were making Green lights. And while we made Green lights we talked. I asked them to tell stories about the last cup of tea they had before leaving home. (…) The circle of stories began with halting incomprehension, and ended with a sudden flash of understanding. The borders, the border guards, the endless humiliation of the production of papers and narratives, the violence of waiting—all of these can be suspended in a moment of laughter, or in a random act of generous sharing.

And this is what we learned, again: freedom is like a little green light in a very dark room, that allows you to see yourself, that allows you to see other people and allows you to see the way to the door."

Shuddhabrata Sengupta, Raqs Media Collective, ‘The Light That Says Walk´, from Green light – An artistic workshop, Sternberg, 2017'

22/05/2017

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21/05/2017

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Green light participant Hussein Hajhassan, Venice, 2017
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20/05/2017

Hussein Hajhassan, Green light workshop at TBA21, Vienna, 2016.

18/05/2017

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Green light participants Akissi Odile N’Guessan and Asho Adan. Click on image for more

17/05/2017

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17/05/2017

Come join the Green light workshop in Venice!

16/05/2017

Just launched the new studio TV channel - www.soe.tv

Venetian moonlight

Olafur Eliasson: Green light – An artistic workshop
The 57th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia VIVA ARTE VIVA
13 May - 26 November 2017