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Library council of the mu seum of modern art, 2006, 4. Jun 23, 2017 a new book is welcoming audiences into the heart of olafur eliassons berlin studio, peering into the creatives multifaceted working processes. The book is based on a computergenerated model of the house sliced vertically into 454. Designed and realized by michael heimann and claudia baulesch, the book is based on a computergenerated. Discover book depositorys huge selection of olafur eliasson books online. Olafur eliasson s installation the weather project cast a veritable spell over visitors to the tate museum of modern art in london as they gazed in wonder into a glowing artificial sun shrouded in mist in an exhibition setting transformed by the work into a neoromantic landscape.
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