"Your reversed Berlin sphere"
By Olafur Eliasson
DETAILS
Date: 2016
Size: 36.5 x 36.5 inches, including frame
Medium: Color-print on Fuji crystal archive II paper (matte) mounted on dibond, color-effect filter glass, glass, wood frame
Edition of 40
Published by the Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum in consortium with Benefit Print Project
Sequential animation credit: Lionel Cruet
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ABOUT THE CANADIAN FRIENDS OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM
The Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum is one of 16
international Friends groups committed to raising awareness and
financial support for the Israel Museum, which is Israel’s
largest cultural institution and one of the world’s leading art
and archaeological museums. Funds raised by the Canadian Friends
of the Israel Museum support free admission to the Museum for
Israeli children of all religions and ethnicities.
ABOUT THE PRINT
"Your reversed Berlin sphere" is an exemplary project by the
critically acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist that is composed
of, among other materials, color-effect filter glass and a
C-print. The latter depicts the city of Berlin as seen by the
artist from his studio, and contains a circular form in the
center of the image within which a smaller, spherical version of
the same view is inverted. The inverted image completes the
cityscape, which would, otherwise, be obstructed. Because of the
former, yellows, blues, purples, pinks, and oranges are some of
the colors that appear in the circular element as it transitions
from color to color depending on factors such as time of day,
lighting, and the position of a viewer. Variations in
transparency are additionally produced, with the glass acting as
a mirror, simultaneously allowing a viewer to see his or her own
reflection at the same time as the image inside the circular
form underneath the glass.
