Conférence
Wednesday 20 March 2013, 12h
Forum, Rolex Learning Center
In the framework of the new programme AFROTECH
IT WORKS BECAUSE WE TRY
Abstract in French
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Olafur Eliasson’s critically acclaimed artworks have appeared in major museums around the world since 1997. His latest project, developed with Frederik Ottesen, is the Little Sun solar-powered lamp, which responds to the unfair distribution of electric light in the world today. Eliasson’s talk, ‘It Works because We Try’, will address ‘the potential that lies in attempting to bridge the gap between the “thinking chair” and the “doing chair”. It is about non-dogmatic doing and non-dogmatic thinking.’
Artist website : http://www.olafureliasson.net/index.html
Biography : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olafur_Eliasson
Little Sun Project : http://www.littlesun.com/