# Olaruf Eliasson

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**Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 11:36am UTC](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/t/olaruf-eliasson/69/1 "2024-03-02T11:36:54Z")

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Eliasson is one of the most famous artists working with light and optics. Although most of his projects appear to be driven by affect, the most recent works like [Little Sun, which deserves a separate post](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/t/little-sun-by-eliasson/70), are also addressing social issues.

Probably the most known work is “[The weather project](https://olafureliasson.net/exhibition/the-weather-project-2003/)”, where a huge “Sun” was installed in Tate modern, creating a striking atmosphere.

 ![](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/de9a48df2eb0d1bd4a89dfb857579893efe19c35.jpeg)  
Imagery of the Sun is a repeated theme. Urban scale installations were made in Utrecht, [Double Sunset](https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/double-sunset-1999) (1999)  
 ![](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/d47c07ca6f1eabbbbb9f64246c7dd8e2c5a4665f.jpeg)  
and [Dnipro Sunrise](https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/dnipro-sunrise-2012) (2012)  
 ![image](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/fe3644deda8d9a34d5865bf0821def23ba6097a8.jpeg)

![](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/a26f8a40ab1b4d899a041afcb39a22820d77c81e.jpeg)  
In most of his solar related work Sun is participating not directly, but as some kind of representation.

[Sunset kaleidoscope](https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/sunset-kaleidoscope-2005), 2005  
 ![](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8d0de80825bdc58f8e0d3f70cb87c1cd35e0b0d9.jpeg)  
But there are a few cases interacting with sun rays directly. For example, [Sunspace for Shibukawa](https://olafureliasson.net/artwork/sunspace-for-shibukawa-2009/) (2009) marks the path of the Sun with lenses, installed on a dome, within wich time-specific rainbows are generated.

![](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/b88f410982d88e76319c6bdf5684346bbe635fd1.jpeg)

 ![image](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8f38162fb584e4684cb118fe834bbc231a74c37d.jpeg)

 ![image](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/8dd1bd27e87c86a81ce4ba6c77702bd3658c98c2.jpeg)

 ![image](https://solarpunkarchitecture.org/uploads/default/original/1X/1317828625ff3aeb791b4e3907d78cb58a5e62ac.jpeg)