Life is space 4 • Event • Studio Olafur Eliasson

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Life is space 4 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2011 - Photo: Maria del Pilar Garcia Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson — Life is space 4
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2011
Photo: Maria del Pilar Garcia Ayensa / Studio Olafur Eliasson

Life is space 4 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2011 - Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson — Life is space 4
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2011
Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson

Ann Lislegaard presents ‘Time Machine’, which features a stuttering fox-like creature, during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Christine de Smedt and Eszter Salamon become lions during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Eric Ellingsen speaks about Velimir Khlebnikov and laughter during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Eric Ellingsen performs two poems during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity. Ellingsen is a poet, educator, and spatial practitioner. From 2009 to 2014 he co-directed the Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments) together with Olafur Eliasson and Christina Werner.
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Eric Ellingsen and Christina Werner share the history of spatial experiments in public space conducted by the Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments) before the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Hildur Guðnadóttir and workshop participants make a drawing together with the help of her cello, their voices, and a machine that converts sound into lines during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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During the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011, Eliasson presents video footage of a street choir spontaneously created by participants of the Institut für Raumexperimente in Zurich.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Karunabandhu leads a meditation during the prelude to the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Molly Nesbit leads an experiment based on Chris Marker’s ‘La Jetée’ during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Olafur Eliasson shows a video clip of giggling rats during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Eliasson's introduction to the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Olafur Eliasson talks about time during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Eliasson and Hu Fang talk about their trip with Steen Koerner and others to the Master of Nets garden in Suzhou, China, during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Pireeni Sundaralingam reads ‘Ode on Indolence’ by John Keats during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Robozee constructs a house via hand movements during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Sanford Kwinter speaks about Alvin Lucier’s 1969 sound work ‘I Am Sitting in a Room’ during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Sarat Maharaj talks about compassion and veganism during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Sarat Maharaj talks about Keats’s ‘Ode on Indolence’ during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Siegfried Zielinski introduces variantology and the anarchive during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Steen Koerner shows how to move against gravity during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Steen Koerner walks in slow motion during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011. ‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Tania Singer discusses compassion and the brain during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Tor Nørretranders guides the audience in a tickling experiment during the ‘Life Is Space’ symposium held at Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin in 2011.

‘Life Is Space’ – a successor to the day-long ‘Life in Space’ events held in 2006, 2007, and 2008 – brought scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts together with students at the Institut für Raumexperimente and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings were only loosely planned in advance and were largely left to intuition and serendipity.
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Life is space 4, 2011

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Almost annually since 2006, Studio Olafur Eliasson has hosted a get-together called Life is space (formerly Life in space). For this day-long event, scientists, artists, scholars, dancers, theorists, spatial practitioners, and movement experts come together with the Institut für Raumexperimente participants and the studio team to share, discuss, present, and experiment. These meetings are only loosely planned in advance and are largely left to intuition and serendipity.

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