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 EliassonI do not think making art alone makes it any better than making it with a team of people.
Olafur EliassonI think an artist has the potential to investigate both form and content within one activity, to show that there can be coherence between form and values in our society, as in thinking about a city and building one.
Olafur EliassonArtists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.
Olafur Eliasson