{"id":141,"date":"2009-08-20T09:12:07","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/artwork\/the-weather-project\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T23:34:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:34:58","slug":"the-weather-project","status":"publish","type":"artwork","link":"https:\/\/artelectronicmedia.com\/en\/artwork\/the-weather-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weather Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“October 15 2003: The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson (October 2003-March 2004). Visitors flocked to the Danish artist’s representation of the sun, achieved by combining hundreds of mono-frequency lamps in a semicircle, mirrored to produce a radiant sphere” [2]<\/p>\n

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“In this installation, The Weather Project, representations of
\nthe sun and sky dominate the expanse of the Turbine Hall. A fine mist permeates the space, as if creeping in from the environment outside. Throughout the day, the mist accumulates into faint, cloud-like formations, before dissipating across the space. A glance overhead, to
\nsee where the mist might escape, reveals that the ceiling of the Turbine Hall has disappeared, replaced by a reflection of the space below. At the far end of the hall is a giant semi-circular form made up of hundreds of mono-frequency lamps. The arc repeated in the mirror overhead produces a sphere of dazzling radiance linking the real space with the reflection. Generally used in street lighting, mono-frequency lamps emit light at such a narrow frequency that colours other than yellow and black are invisible, thus transforming the visual field around the sun into a vast duotone landscape.” [3]<\/p>\n


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