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Olafur Eliasson: Life
April - July 2021
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
The exhibition is complemented by a microsite hosting entangled ideas, inspiration, and informative material.
https://life.fondationbeyeler.ch/en/
The exhibition can be viewed day or night via livestream. Optical filters created by Eliasson mimic the perceptual apparatuses of other species, alluding to non-human perspectives.
https://olafureliasson.net/life/
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Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Mark NiedermannCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Pati GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles -
Download hi-res imageOlafur EliassonLife, 2021Water, Uranine, UV lights, wood, plastic sheet, cameras, kaleidoscopes, common duckweed (Lemnar minor), dwarf waterlilies (Nymphaea tetragona, Nymphaea 'Pygmaea Rubra', Nymphaea 'Ellisiana'), European frog bit (Hydrocharis morsus-rana), European water clover (Marsilea quadrifolia), floating fern (Salvinia natans), red root floater (Phyllanthus fluitans), shellflower (Pistia stratiodes), South-American frog bit (Limnobium laevigatum), and water caltrop (Trapa natans)Installation view: Fondation BeyelerPhoto: Patricia GrabowiczCourtesy of the artist; neugerriemschneider, Berlin; Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York / Los Angeles
