The accompanying catalog Olafur Eliasson – BAROQUE BAROQUE examines some of the trajectories of thought raised by the encounter between Eliasson’s artworks and their temporary baroque housing: in particular, how transformations of space, perception and cognition reflect the realms of politics, technology, and the Anthropocene.

Nach zahlreichen Publikationen ist mit diesem Buch eine Dokumentation "zum Schauplatz von Eliassons Praxis" entstanden. Eigens dafür hat er zahlreiche Installationen im Stadtraum Berlin geschaffen.

"to the habitants of space in general and the spatial inhabitants in particular" ist eine von viellen Kooperationen der Künstler Olafur Eliasson und Einar Thorsteinn. Thorsteinn berät Eliasson in strukturellen und geometrischen Fragen, die für das skulpturale Werk des Künstlers ausschlaggebend sind.

Green light is an act of welcoming, addressed both to those who have fled hardship and instability in their home countries and to the residents of the cities receiving them. Working together in a playful creative process, participants build a modular light and construct a communal environment in which difference is not only accepted but embraced.
– Olafur Eliasson

In 1831 Honoré de Balzac wrote a short story, “The Unknown Masterpiece,” in which he invented the abstract painting.

Wir berichten vom Anfangen. Von Ritualen und Methoden des Anfangens, von zufälligen Fängen. Von Beginnlosigkeit. Vom Stellenwert des Anfangs und von möglichen Definitionen.

With contributions by David Adjaye, Daniel Birnbaum, Beatriz Colomina, Olafur Eliasson, Francesca von Habsburg, Nikolaus Hirsch, Jude Kelly, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Ilka & Andreas Ruby, Andreas Spiegl

Soft Cover full color, english

The book is a wordless visual document, featuring full-bleed color images that capture the exhibition and each artist's contribution.