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Opera house chandeliers, 2004 - The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004 - Photo: Sebastian Behmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Opera house chandeliers, 2004
The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004
Photo: Sebastian Behmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Opera house chandeliers, 2004 - The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004 - Photo: Silke Heneka / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Opera house chandeliers, 2004
The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004
Photo: Silke Heneka / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Opera house chandeliers, 2004 - The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004 - Photo: Lars Schmidt
Opera house chandeliers, 2004
The Copenhagen Opera House, 2004
Photo: Lars Schmidt
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Installed in the foyer of the new opera house in Copenhagen, the three identical chandeliers consist of two sets of overlapping spirals that wrap around the spherical surface of each work. The steel spirals are overlaid with a three-dimensional faceted diamond pattern. This is made from triangular segments of colour-effect filter glass with dichromatic qualities. Depending on the position of the viewer, on the play of natural ambient light, and the artificial light from inside the chandeliers, different colours appear.

 

Artwork details

Title

Opera house chandeliers

Year

2004

Materials

Colour-effect filter glass, bronze, halogen bulbs, glass