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Spiral pavilion, 1999 - 48th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1999 - Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral pavilion, 1999
48th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, 1999
Photo: Olafur Eliasson
Spiral pavilion, 1999 - Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 2007 – 1999 - Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer
Spiral pavilion, 1999
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany, 2007 – 1999
Photo: Philipp Ottendörfer
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Model for Spiral pavilion, 1999 - Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012 - Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Model for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Studio Olafur Eliasson, 2012
Photo: Viola Heyn-Johnsen
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
Sketch for Spiral pavilion, 1999
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Spiral pavilion is an arched circular tunnel constructed from steel tubes. The parallel steel tubes, supported by five arches arranged in a circle, spiral upwards at an angle from the outer perimeter of the pavilion and then curve over and down around the inside to the ground, so that each tube completes a full 360-degree circuit. The repeating parallel tubes give the work a sense of endless circulation. An arched opening on one side allows visitors to enter the work, while a second doorway, halfway round the inside, leads into the centre of the pavilion, a central void open to the sky. Initially shown at the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999, the pavilion is now permanently installed in the sculpture park of Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany.