Olafur Eliasson - Meant To Be Lived In

Olafur Eliasson
Meant To Be Lived In
Today I am Feeling Prismatic
Jamie Residence
Pasadena, California

Through the obliteration of the dramatic views of the surrounding landscape, Eliasson invites the viewer to a more intimate, solitary sensorial experience within the domestic spaces.

Photo: arcspace

For more than twelve years Galleria Emi Fontana has functioned as an intensely programmed international exhibition space in Milan. From group exhibitions to one-person shows the gallery has consistently sought to present challenging work.

West of Rome, is a series of artist's projects outside the physical location of the gallery. The projects will exist in a variety of venues according to the conditions specified by each of the invited artists.
Olafur Eliasson's work at the Jamie Residence inaugurates the series.

In the context of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in which the relation of the individual with the inside and the outside is a predominant aspect of both social and environmental dimensions of daily life, light is often the element that unifies these two physical and existential conditions.

Olafur Eliasson's treatment of the interior interacts with the modernist rationalism of the architecture and, at the same time, contradicts it.
Through an experiment of light projections and glass forms, a series of sculptural projects fill up the domestic space with prismatic light reflections.

Photo: arcspace

Eliasson’s only reminder of the surrounding landscape is a prismatic view through a square cut in the otherwise black box.

Photo: arcspace

With this work, Eliasson confirms himself as a master in the game of perceptual displacements and of architectural and environmental deconstruction: like no one else he is able to give back to the viewer her/his full subjectivity in the sensorial experience of vision.

photo: arcspace

Olafur Eliasson primarily works with installations and photography. His work evokes landscapes, through primordial elements such as water and light. His installations, like his photographs, amplify perceptive sensorial experiences through shifts in color toning, emphasis of details, and repetition of imagery.

Galleria Emi Fontana
Jamie Residence

Olafur Eliasson is also on the High Line Team, the 1.5-mile-long historic elevated rail structure on the West Side of Manhattan, with Diller Scofidio + Retro, Field Operations, Piet Oudolf and Buro Happold.

Olafur Eliasson’s work Ecstasy: In and About Altered States will be on view at MOCA The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles from October 9, 2005.

April 25, 2005





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		Olafur Eliasson Meant To Be Lived In Today I am Feeling Prismatic Jamie Residence Pasadena, California Through the obliteration of the dramatic views of the surrounding landscape, Eliasson invites the viewer to a more intimate, solitary sensorial experience within the domestic spaces. Photo: arcspace For more than twelve years Galleria Emi Fontana has functioned as an intensely programmed international exhibition space in Milan. From group exhibitions to one-person shows the gallery has consistently sought to present challenging work. West of Rome, is a series of artist's projects outside the physical location of the gallery. The projects will exist in a variety of venues according to the conditions specified by each of the invited artists. Olafur Eliasson's work at the Jamie Residence inaugurates the series. In the context of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, in which the relation of the individual with the inside and the outside is a predominant aspect of both social and environmental dimensions of daily life, light is often the element that unifies these two physical and existential conditions. Olafur Eliasson's treatment of the interior interacts with the modernist rationalism of the architecture and, at the same time, contradicts it. Through an experiment of light projections and glass forms, a series of sculptural projects fill up the domestic space with prismatic light reflections. Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Eliasson’s only reminder of the surrounding landscape is a prismatic view through a square cut in the otherwise black box. Photo: arcspace With this work, Eliasson confirms himself as a master in the game of perceptual displacements and of architectural and environmental deconstruction: like no one else he is able to give back to the viewer her/his full subjectivity in the sensorial experience of vision. photo: arcspace Olafur Eliasson primarily works with installations and photography. His work evokes landscapes, through primordial elements such as water and light. His installations, like his photographs, amplify perceptive sensorial experiences through shifts in color toning, emphasis of details, and repetition of imagery. Galleria Emi Fontana Jamie Residence Olafur Eliasson is also on the High Line Team, the 1.5-mile-long historic elevated rail structure on the West Side of Manhattan, with Diller Scofidio + Retro, Field Operations, Piet Oudolf and Buro Happold. Olafur Eliasson’s work Ecstasy: In and About Altered States will be on view at MOCA The Geffen Contemporary in Los Angeles from October 9, 2005. April 25, 2005