Earth kaleidoscope, 2006 - Anstoss, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, 2006 - Photo: Frank Haugwitz / Studio Olafur Eliasson

Earth kaleidoscope, 2006

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“Lichen are symbiotic assemblages of species: filamentous fungi and photosynthetic algae or cyanobacteria. Lichen are themselves a kind of landscape, enlivened by their ghosts… Lichen are ghosts that haunt us from the past, but they also peer at us from a future without us” - Introduction to Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet. Image: Ernst Haeckel, Lichen, 1904

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Moss wall, 1994 - part of In real life, Guggenheim Bilbao

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Waterfall, 2019 - part of In real life, now open, Guggenheim Bilbao. Photo: Erika Ede

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The glacier melt series, 1999/2019 – part of In real life at Guggenheim Bilbao

Room for one colour - Guggenheim Museum Bilbao – 1997 - Photo: Erika Ede

Room for one colour, 1997 - part of In real life, Guggenheim Bilbao, opens tomorrow. Photo: Erika Ede

Installing In real life at Guggenheim Bilbao

Installing In real life at Guggemheim Bilbao - the exhibition opens Thursday

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Ethiopean lunch with Henok Getachew

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Weather orb, 2020 - part of Symbiotic seeing, Kunsthaus Zürich

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Algae window, 2020 - Symbiotic seeing, Kunsthaus Zürich

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Black out at the museum. On Thursday at 8 pm Kunsthaus Zürich is turning of the lights in their collection, allowing visitors to experience and explore it with Little Sun. Part of Olafur’s exhibition Symbiotic seeing

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Symbiotic seeing, 2020 - Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020 - Photo: Franca Candrian

Olafur Eliasson: Symbiotic seeing opens today at Kunsthaus Zürich
On view until 22 March 2020

Weather orb, 2020 - Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020 - Photo: Franca Candrian
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Research wall - Kunsthaus Zürich – 2020 - Photo: Franca Candrian
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Testing new artwork for Symbiotic seeing, a solo exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich, opening later this month

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Huge congrats to our friends at Little Sun - who just delivered their 1 millionth solar lamp. The one million solar lamps have created a substantial social and health impact, accounting for 920,284,517 hours of light. As a result, 2,629,384 people now use clean solar energy instead of harmful fossil fuel–based lighting sources.

“We started the Little Sun project to raise awareness about the unequal distribution of energy today and to deliver a healthy, safe and affordable light to the people who needed it the most. What we have achieved today is a major milestone, not only for communities living without electricity, but for everyone fighting for the end of the fossil fuel era, global climate justice and a better future for us and our planet.” - Olafur

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Yes, again, 2019, watercolour on paper

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Riverbed, 2014 - now installed at Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

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1 million lights means 1 million stories. This weekend Little Sun is celebrating the fact that they will be selling the 1 millionth solar lamp!

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The glacier melt series 1999/2019 Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland

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Colour mirror wheel, 2019

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Detail of The glacier melt series 1999/2019 (Krossarjökull)

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Detail of The glacier melt series 1999/2019 (Krossarjökull)

Every glacier lost reflects our inaction. Every glacier saved will be a testament to the action taken in the face of the climate emergency. One day, instead of mourning the loss of more glaciers, we must be able to celebrate thier survival

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