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A symphony of disappearing sounds for the Great Salt Lake
2026 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... symmetry, geometry, installation, light, luminous, mapping, moiré ...

Description
... and a colourful light projection that unfurled ... in a new light and recognise its ... The light projection that played ...

Composed of
... Spherical projection screen, light projection, sound composition ...
Memory lantern for extinct fireflies
2026 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
light, luminous, projection

Composed of
... stainless steel, LED light, ballast, dimmer ...
Seven days of sunlight (Friday)
2026 — Artwork ⤶

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... Seven days of sunlight (Friday), 2026 – ...
Seven days of sunlight (Friday)
2026 — Artwork ⤶

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... Seven days of sunlight (Friday), 2026 – ...
Seven days of sunlight (Friday)
2026 — Artwork ⤶

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... Seven days of sunlight (Friday), 2026 – ...
Seven days of sunlight (Friday)
2026 — Artwork ⤶

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... Seven days of sunlight (Friday), 2026 – ...
The never wrong lamp
2026 — Artwork ⤶
Composed of
... paint (black), LED light system, ballast, dimmer ...
The self-led energy nebula
2026 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... Seven days of sunlight series, these works ...
Your temporarily surprising space
2026 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
light, mirror, reflection

Composed of
... glass mirror, LED lights, ballast ...
Tu inconmensurable expansión de llamaradas (Your immeasurable expanse of flares)
2026 — Solo show ⤶
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... Firefly biosphere (twilighting), 2022 – Galería ...
Tu inconmensurable expansión de llamaradas (Your immeasurable expanse of flares)
2026 — Solo show ⤶
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... 'Seven days of sunlight (Monday - Sunday)' ...
Tu inconmensurable expansión de llamaradas (Your immeasurable expanse of flares)
2026 — Solo show ⤶
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... Your self-led light, 2026 – Galería ...
Tu inconmensurable expansión de llamaradas (Your immeasurable expanse of flares)
2026 — Solo show ⤶
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... Seven days of sunlight (Saturday, Monday) – ...
Tu inconmensurable expansión de llamaradas (Your immeasurable expanse of flares)
2026 — Solo show ⤶
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... Seven days of sunlight, 2026 – Galería ...
Colour experiment no. 123 (Rainbow memory, October 2024)
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... be made of light. ...
Everything we know about knowing and a rough estimate of what we still don’t know that we don’t know
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... light, meditation, mirror, moving ...

Description
... the room: a spotlight mounted to a ... a mirror. The light is redirected onto ... fleeting patterns of light that dance across ... block off the light as it aligns ... shimmering aureole of light reminiscent of sun ...

Composed of
... computer system, LED spotlight, polarisation filters, PET, ...
Firefly city
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... colour, coloured shadow, light, polyhedric, projection ...

Description
... material that reflects light of a single ... allowing the remaining light to pass through ... out again. The light passing through the ...

Composed of
... pink, orange), LED lights, aluminium, stainless steel, ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

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... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

Image captioned
... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

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... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

Image captioned
... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

Image captioned
... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

Image captioned
... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Long daylight pavilion
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... circle, commission, light, pavilion, public space, ...

Description
... longest day of sunlight during the year. ... points of bright light. Together these points ... of light produce an angled ... As the bright lights at the tops ... city like a lighthouse shining across the ... bridge glimpse the lights foreshortened into changing ...

Composed of
Stainless steel, glass, acrylic glass, LED lights

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... Long daylight pavilion, 2025 – ...
Presence
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... by yellow, monofrequency light, which floods the ...

Composed of
... steel, aluminum, monofrequency lights, printed textile wedges, ...
Seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... light, polarisation, polyhedric, surroundings, ...

Description
... mirrors, polarisers, and light boxes: a long ... of plastic. A light box integrated into ... sheet with polarised light. An oscillating fan ...

Composed of
... wood, LEDs, fluorescent lights ...
The centre of the self
2025 — Artwork ⤶
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... Seven days of sunlight (Saturday, Monday) – ...
The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... artwork involves projecting light from outside through ... the beams of light. Both are constructed ... change as the light hits the materials ... hand, the projected light fades to grey ... PET, which split light into multiple rays ... that move at slightly different angles and ... filter, causing the light to appear colourful. ... create a mesmerising light projection. Viewers moving ... parts of the light and explore the ...

Composed of
... Spotlights, polarisation filters, PET, ...
The non-polarising conversation about energy
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... the panes are slightly different hues, conjuring ...
The unsynchronised habitable zone
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
fragmented, geodesic, geometry, light, sphere

Composed of
... filter, glass, LED light system, brass, aluminium, ...
There are no bad parts
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Composed of
... orange, black), LED light ...
Uncertainty lens
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Composed of
... wood, LEDs, fluorescent lights; ...
Votre vue amplifiée (Your amplified view)
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... as the surrounding lighting and weather conditions ...
Your negotiable vulnerability seen from two perspectives
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... polarising filters allow light waves of a ... birefringence. They split light waves into multiple ... that move at slightly different angles and ... a central, circular lightbox that projects polarised ... light in two directions. ... side of the lightbox there is an ... suspended between the lightbox and a circular ...
Your truths
2025 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... colour, colour emergence, light, polarisation, you only ...

Description
... entrancing display of light, colour, and texture. ...
Olafur Eliasson: Presence
2025 — Solo show ⤶
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... The Hekla twilight series, 2006 – ...
The lure of looking through a polarised window of opportunities, or seeing a surprise before it’s reduced, split, and then further reduced
2025 — Solo show ⤶
Description
... experience darkness and light at the same ...
Device for seeing potential solar futures
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... tone of yellow light. The work feels ... The yellow light that fills this ... single colour of light heightens our awareness ... to the yellow lighting. ...

Composed of
... mirror foil, fans, light diffuser, mono-frequency light, ...
Fenster für bewegtes Licht
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... colour perception, commission, daylight, heliostat, illuminated, light ...

Description
... (Window for moving light), 2024, invites the ... church in the light of the current ... amplifies the outdoor lighting and colours the ... windows receive direct sunlight only in the ... neighboring building redirects sunlight towards the windows ... making the changing light and weather conditions ... the duration of daylight entering the church ... also creates additional light effects visible throughout ...
Fierce tenderness sphere
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... fragmented, geodesic, geometry, light, sphere ...

Composed of
... glass (yellow), light bulb, dimmer ...
Firefly nursery
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Composed of
... (various colours), LED lights, aluminium, stainless steel, ...
Kaleidoscope for beginning at the end
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Description
... glowing geodesic planet. Light and dark shift ...

Composed of
... colour pigments, LED lights, light diffuser, motor ...
Kaleidoscope for plural perspectives
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... colour, kaleidoscopic, light, multiple reflections, reflection, ...

Description
... of colours. A light shining into the ...

Composed of
... glass mirror, LED light, polarising filter, diffusers, ...
Kaleidoscope for uncertainty and surprises
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
kaleidoscopic, light, triangle, water

Description
... the box, coloured lights illuminate the water ...

Composed of
... glass, coloured LED light, pumps, diffusor, motor, ...
Lifeworld
2024 — Artwork ⤶
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... London – Piccadilly Lights, London – 2024 ...
Lifeworld
2024 — Artwork ⤶
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... Piccadilly Lights, London – 2024 ...
Lovers’ light
2024 — Artwork ⤶

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... Lovers' light – Studio Olafur ...
Lovers’ light
2024 — Artwork ⤶

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... Lovers' light – Studio Olafur ...
Open
2024 — Artwork ⤶
Tagged
... colour spectrum, horizon, light, prismatic, rainbow ...

Description
... nature result from sunlight hitting water droplets ... a bright white light on a prism, ... which bends the light to make the ... photographs, sculptures, and light projections. The artist ... only materialises when light bounces off a ...

Composed of
... glass prism, LED lights, aluminum, wood, fabric ...

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