Over the years, in making art, I have constantly explored issues dealing with space, time, light, and society. I am particularly interested in how the light of a space determines how we see that space and similarly, in how light and color are actually phenomena within us, within our own eyes.
Olafur EliassonIn the past Berlin was much more radical and extreme and now it's becoming much more of a conventional European city.
Olafur EliassonI see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality. I do not see the artist as a person who sits at a distance and evaluates.
Olafur EliassonIf I have the choice of traveling to Russia, India or New Zealand alone for a week for preliminary discussions or to spend that week with my family, I routinely choose my family.
Olafur EliassonHaving an experience is taking part in the world. Taking part in the world is really about sharing responsibility.
Olafur Eliasson