The new Olafur Eliasson AR project you can experience at home

From what has now become the all-too-familiar comfort of home, users can enter Eliasson’s cabinet of curiosities and ‘collect’ natural elements, small artworks, and experiments from the artist’s studio. In an interview via video call with Nowness creative director Bunny Kinney, Eliasson reveals how AR is significant to his life and practice.
Through the app a user can place a raging sun in the middle of any room; play with a puffin; experience the northern lights; summon a rain cloud and more. “The artwork is about challenging our perception of the everyday,” says the Berlin-based artist, “and actively welcoming that which lies on the boundary between the known and the unknown.”
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[@arthurb8436]

If anyone is interested in Eliasson’s work, they should watch his episode in The Art Of Design on Netflix. And whilst you’re there, watch the rest of the episodes

[@Kuhoochandra]

Got to know of him from Abstract on Netflix. That one episode completely changed my perspective on how I viewed nature and everything around me as an artist. He is the best and my favourite

[@dear_darling]

FAVORITE ARTIST EVER!!!

[@thegoodswisslife8156]

I saw your exhibition at Kunsthaus Zürich not too long ago. I liked it a lot. Very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@AllisonMlitwa]

That is a very interesting question that you pose at the end, Olafur