Art and spirituality

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The way in which Olafur Eliasson might employ mechanics to create art contradictions that force viewers to question there own spirituality. Weather and environment, a once unexplainable force controlled by a omnipotent force, still symbolizes the surrealness of our existence.In The Weather Project, the fourth in the annual Unilever Series of commissions for the Turbine Hall, Olafur Eliasson takes this ubiquitous subject as the basis for exploring ideas about experience, spirituality and representation.

In this installation, The Weather Project, representations of the 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 see 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.

Through reenacting ritual and spirituals phenomenon, Eliasson suggests spirituality can be found within many different formats. The shared experience is a common feature that underpins his work, which is an important factor in art as it reminds us of our equality as humans. Yeh sure that's sounds nice and arty. What the hell am I writing about, as if anyones actually going to read this bullocks. Eliasson is a giant douche anyway, like only the Dutch would be like "ok ve need a giant sun in ze room , lots of lights for dees English faggots arhohoho" . The end.

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