Olafur Eliasson : Reality Machines

Matilda Olof-Ors, Daniel Birnbaum, Ann-Sofi Noring, Timothy Morton

Olafur Eliasson: Reality machines was conceived and designed by Irma Boom, one of the world’s most celebrated graphic designers, to bring to life in book form the artwork and ideas of Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The exhibition catalogue – published by Moderna Museet and Koenig Books on the occasion of the exhibition Verklighetsmaskiner / Reality machines, at Moderna Museet in Stockholm – takes the form of an artist’s book in which essays and images interact with tactile papers and transparent films. Eliasson’s diverse artworks – in sculpture, painting, photography, film, and installations – have been exhibited widely throughout the world. His art is driven by a deep interest in perception, movement, embodied experience, and feelings of self, and by his conviction that art offers a crucial means for turning thinking into doing in the world. Not limited to the confines of...