Week 7: Camera Use Research Gels, Colour Temperature: Olafur Eliasson

Studio Mixed Photographic Elements:

Gels, Colour Temperatures

Olafur Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson (Icelandic: Ólafur Elíasson; born 1967) is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research. Eliasson represented Denmark at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003 and later that year installed The Weather Project in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.

Eliasson has engaged in a number of projects in public space, including the intervention Green river, carried out in various cities between 1998 and 2001; the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007, London, a temporary pavilion designed with the Norwegian architect Kjetil Thorsen; and The New York City Waterfalls, commissioned by Public Art Fund in 2008.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olafur_Eliasson

Olafur Eliasson | Reframing Photography 
www.reframingphotography.com 
451 × 600 (different sizes above)
Olafur Eliasson. The Weather Project 2003. Monofrequency lights, projection foil, haze machine, mirror foil, aluminum, and scaffolding.


(above)  Olafur Eliasson works with space and light. The colour temperature is warm. Olafur Eliasson could have used a gel or a filter over the lens to create the mood effect. The tight framing creates a very effective layout leading the eyes to the back and up. This looks like the image goes on to infinity. The people in foreground and mid ground position complete the image dark and almost shadow feeling.

Olafur Eliasson: Playing with space and light

(below)  The leading line and shadows created by Olafur Eliasson leave one with a feeling of anticipation of whats going to happen next. He positions the subjects with the light in the background creating the silhouettes, strong recognisable shapes. This is a cool temperature. A neutral density filter was possibly used on this to reduce the amount of light. 

Olafur-Eliasson – Contact