Unspoken Spaces (studio Olafur Eliasson)

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An illustrated journey through spheres, tunnels, towers, walkways and archways, as well as pavilions and larger buildings realized by artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio since the late 1990s.
Description
Unspoken Spaces is a richly illustrated journey through spheres, tunnels, towers, walkways and archways, as well as pavilions and larger buildings realized by artist Olafur Eliasson and his studio since the late 1990s. Binding the spiralling dynamic of these works are essays by renowned writers across a variety of fields, from geologists and historians of art and science to architects, artists, and philosophers. The works range from art installations to striking buildings, such as the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007 in London (with Kjetil Thorsen) and Your rainbow panorama in Aarhus, Denmark, and the crystalline facade for Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre in Reykjavik, each presented through in-depth project descriptions alongside Eliasson’s own thoughts.
Table of contents
Olafur Eliasson: Preface • Projects and Artist’s Statements (c. 55 projects and 35 statements) • Carol Diehl and Terry Perk: Your Geometric Engagement • Lorraine Daston: Dazzled • Alex Coles: The Art-Architecture Ping Pong • Eric Ellingsen: Now Memory Molly Nesbit: An Entry for Olafur Eliasson’s Parliament of Reality • Minik Rosing: Extravagant Parsimony: A Study From Nature • Caroline Jones: Users in the Field Timothy Morton: From Things Flows What We Call Time • Project Documentation Biography
Review quote
''It seems incredible that such a staggeringly inventive body of work could be contained, much less summarised, in one tome, but ''Unspoken Spaces'' succeeds in being both thorough and highly accessible'' - Aesthetica
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''Unspoken Spaces is a rewarding read and the ''patchwork'' of ideas and territories it presents echoes Eliasson''s own open and roaming approach to creativity ...Texts by Eliasson and his team are complemented by sharply observed contributions from historians of science, art, philosophy and the natural world on subjects that define the Studio''s research interests from molecular science, nature and phenomenology to ideas of space, time and motion'' - V&A Magazine
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''An exquisite monograph'' - AnOther Magazine
Biographical note
Olafur Eliasson is an artist known for sculptures and large-scale installations which utilize natural elements, including light, water, fire and wood, often combined to re-create the outdoors inside. Born in 1967 he grew up in Iceland and Denmark. He studied, from 1989 to 1995, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Denmark. His work is represented in public and private collections including the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Deste Foundation, Athens and the Tate, London. He represented Denmark in the 2003 Venice Biennale. He lives and works in Berlin.
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The first major monograph on Eliasson in more than a decade, including unpublished creations as well as spatial experiments that no longer exist