Olafur Eliasson: The Cubic Structural Evolution Project

Overview

You might recall Londoners basking under a giant artificial sun in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern, or an installation at the Hayward Gallery comprising strobe lights and fountains, arresting streams of water in mid-air like glittering beads of solid glass.

The unique magnetism of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is in his harnessing of light, space and temporality. He is engaged with the fabrication of natural phenomena, the optical mechanics of the human eye and questions of how we occupy and experience space.

Eliasson's upcoming Cubic Structural Evolution Project will incite a more 'hands on' approach. Presented with thousands of blocks of Lego, the viewer will assume the role of architect. Whether you lay the foundations of your own miniature skyscraper or elaborate on a pre-existing one, a small metropolis is expected to blossom over the exhibition period. The finished (or unfinished) product may suggest the cityscape of the modern world is just as much an organism as we are.