Olafur Eliasson: Playing with space and light

http://www.ted.com In the spectacular large-scale projects he's famous for (such as "Waterfalls" in New York harbor), Olafur Eliasson creates art from a palette of space, distance, color and light. This idea-packed talk begins with an experiment in the nature of perception.

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[cannoir]

a video about space and light, and if you read the comment section you'll think we are adressing obama's healthcare plan, darfur, somalia and what not.

some people just made it a skill to just sidetrack every single comment section on TED.

the topic is interesting but I can see why its not thrilling if you are not passionated about the issue at hand,.

[slessorpr]

As Olafur says 'Who decides what reality is?' In other words storytellerjack22, nothing is irrelevant and everything is deeper and more interesting if you take the time to look at it. Suspend (if you are capable) yr judgements about other ppls agendas and enjoy the new knowledge presented to you by the net with open mind, not with suspicion and cynicism. This is all for YOU! Enjoy it and don't ask silly questions. I know I sound self-righteous, but then, I'm just another blathering old nerd...

[selcuk4600]

Fjollet...

[grazzer88]

@HKragh Or maybe you just havn't thought about it deeply enough or don't care enough to make the connections that he's discussing. He isn't talking about art as academia, it's self-awareness and the ability to analyse the space around you along with the socio-cultural consequence of our interation with it. Things normal people should do every day (but are usually too lazy/shallow to). If you can't be arsed to understand that's not his fault.

[EyeInTriangle1]

OLAFUR ELIASSAN MADE AN AMILLI SONG!

[HKragh]

One of those guys too full of himself to being able to convey his ideas in an understandable way to people who hasn't been working with the subject for several years. Some people just can't communicate effectivally, but somehow thinks their own needs to sound intelligent/deep in their own ears, trumphs the audiances needs to get the message...

[Aniuchaaja]

Happy those which had possibility to be in nearby this Artist! To be on this explain! Maybe this by difference of value, the difference of sensibility.. comments are so negative.. For me it is great, it fascinates me way the thinkings, the perception of world the ideology. Amazing he is. So ordinarily - amazing!

[chrisdevins]

I disagree...this talk was excellent..if you are a theoratician.

[easymyspace]

when you drop into the water you get shocked

[LedOutMan]

This guy is full of shit.

[daniphobic]

The concept Eliasson represents is much like science, because he works with time, space, perceptions and reality.

But just because his installations share similar subject matters to science, this does not make him any less of an artist. After all, who are you to judge?

[eap8317]

I went to the Tate Modern turbine gallery exhibition with the giant sun and haze and it was amazing...you could feel heat but there wasn't any..weird but nice....