An enormous sun looms overhead in the gallery space. Somehow, it throbs and pulses with lights that render its surface active and alive. An austere rocky landscape inside another gallery reveals a riverbed and a narrow stream runs down the gentle slope towards the viewer.
Visitors explore, clamouring across the rocks and dipping their toes into the water to test the temperature. Outside, on a long table, visitors are invited to engage with hundreds of kilos of white Lego and build an imaginary cityscape.
Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson is best known for producing large-scale, immersive installations. Most famously, he created a huge artificial sun for London’s Tate Modern in 2003. By recreating the experience of being outside, Eliasson established his reputation for pushing the boundaries of what is artistically possible.
