Olafur Eliasson’s Round Mirror Set up Embeds Viewers within the Solar-Baked Qatari Panorama – Live Theatre UK
Wanting up additionally means trying down and sideways within the newest set up by artist Olafur Eliasson (previously). Opened this week on the Northern Heritage websites close to Doha, Qatar, a cluster of enormous mirrors and rings manufactured from metal and fiberglass stand on the dry desert panorama amongst shrubs and the remnants of animals which have handed by way of. Towering meters above the sandy terrain, “Shadows travelling on the ocean of the day” permits guests to wander beneath the glass surfaces and peer upwards at their reflections and that of the panorama, shrouding every determine in an countless swath of dusty earth.