olafur eliasson: your blind passenger

olafur eliasson: din blinde passager (your blind passenger)
arken museum of modern art, ishøj, denmark
on now until november 27, 2011


olafur eliasson
'din blinde passager (your blind passenger)', 2010
image courtesy of studio olafur eliasson


danish artist olafur eliasson presents 'din blinde passager (your blind passenger)' at the arken museum of modern art.
the 90-metre-long tunnel installation is a densely fogged environment, which provides visibility at just 1.5 metres.
this calculated circumstance forces museumgoers to use senses other than sight to navigate and orient themselves
in relation to their surroundings.



olafur eliasson
'din blinde passager (your blind passenger)', 2010
image courtesy of studio olafur eliasson


the work is the final installment of the art museum's three-year utopia series, with eliasson's project highlighting
the utopian potential inherent in an individual's relation to the surrounding world.

'for me, utopia is linked to the now, the moment between one second and the next. it constitutes a possibility
that is actualized and converted into reality, an opening where concepts like subject and object, inside and outside,
proximity and distance are tossed into the air and redefined. our sense of orientation is challenged and the
coordinates of our spaces, collective and personal, have to be renegotiated. changeability and mobility
are at the core of utopia.' - olafur eliasson



olafur eliasson
'din blinde passager (your blind passenger)', 2010
image courtesy of studio olafur eliasson



olafur eliasson
test for 'din blinde passager (your blind passenger)', 2010
photos © studio olafur eliasson, courtesy of arken museum of modern art

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