Los Modelos Son Reales

by Eliasson, Olafur

• ISBN13: 9788425222795
• ISBN10: 8425222796
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Editorial GG

Summary

Olafur Eliasson has said that we are bearing witness to a change in the traditional relationship between reality and representation. We are no longer evolving from model to reality, but rather from model to model, at the same time as we recognize that both models are real. As a result, he said, it is possible to work very productively with reality experienced as a conglomerate of models—in essence, models have become co-producers of reality.

?Estamos siendo testigos de un cambio en la relación tradicional entre realidad y representación. Ya no evolucionamos del modelo a la realidad, sino del modelo al modelo, al tiempo que reconocemos que, en realidad, ambos modelos son reales. En consecuencia, podemos trabajar de un modo muy productivo con la realidad experimentada como un conglomerado de modelos. Más que considerar el modelo y la realidad como modalidades polarizadas, ahora funcionan al mismo nivel. Los modelos han pasado a ser coproductores de realidad.' Olafur Eliasson

Author Biography

Olafur Eliasson is a critically acclaimed Danish visual artist. His work is characterized by unceasing exploration of modes of perception that he describes as “experimental installations.” He works in several different mediums, including photography, sculpture, film, projects in public spaces, and architectural works. In 1995, he founded Studio Olafur Eliasson, which now encompasses a team of about fifty people. He teaches at the Universität der Künste in Berlin and has implemented the Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments), an innovative model for artistic education.