Ice. Metal. Glass. Light. Water. These constitute the five elements that personify the genius of Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Last night at the CPH:DOX film festival in the court yard of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen I had a chance to see the documentary Seeing Space by Jacob Jørgensen and Henrik Lundø about Eliasson's work, process, and inspirations.
The documentary took the viewers through Eliasson's works and exhibitions in the 21st Century, in particular through his work process constructing the waterfalls along East River of New York from 2006-08, which caused many frustrations and pit stops along the way. The film also took us behind the scenes in his preparations, inspirations, media contacts, collaborations, his Icelandic background, and partly his family life. The documentary can be experienced again in Stærekassen, the intimate scene of The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen this Saturday.
The film took the viewers to Iceland to the preparational photo works at the glaciers. Olafur Eliasson's Icelandic background has contributed to his fascination with ice and water - which can be seen in his many works, installations, and architectural contributions. In particular, his often used themes of ice, metal, splintered glass, light, and water flows. For instance his spectral light waves in water installations. Or his BMW H2R project, from the 2007 MOMA exhibition in New York, with a BMW chassis captured in a metal cage, lit from the inside, but frozen in a layer of ice - that can be seen at the museum modern art, Louisiana's current The World is Yours exhibition.
For further information, please see:
http://www.olafureliasson.net/
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/
The documentary took the viewers through Eliasson's works and exhibitions in the 21st Century, in particular through his work process constructing the waterfalls along East River of New York from 2006-08, which caused many frustrations and pit stops along the way. The film also took us behind the scenes in his preparations, inspirations, media contacts, collaborations, his Icelandic background, and partly his family life. The documentary can be experienced again in Stærekassen, the intimate scene of The Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen this Saturday.
The film took the viewers to Iceland to the preparational photo works at the glaciers. Olafur Eliasson's Icelandic background has contributed to his fascination with ice and water - which can be seen in his many works, installations, and architectural contributions. In particular, his often used themes of ice, metal, splintered glass, light, and water flows. For instance his spectral light waves in water installations. Or his BMW H2R project, from the 2007 MOMA exhibition in New York, with a BMW chassis captured in a metal cage, lit from the inside, but frozen in a layer of ice - that can be seen at the museum modern art, Louisiana's current The World is Yours exhibition.
For further information, please see:
http://www.olafureliasson.net/
http://www.sfmoma.org/exhibitions/