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Olafur Eliasson’s Room for one colour: an ambient environment generating dialogue between artwork, space, artist and visitor
Khvostova, Valeriia
Khvostova, Valeriia
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In 2022 Olafur Eliasson recreated the installation Room for one colour (1997) in Palazzo Strozzi, Florence as a part of his Nel tuo tempo solo exhibition. With this version, the artist initiated a dialogue with the palace, taking into consideration both the interiors and the history of the role of the building throughout the centuries. This dialogue, in contrast with previous versions that took place in either a white cube or semi-public spaces, enhances the participatory quality of Room for one color. This thesis examines artwork’s direct relationship to spaces where installed each time, how the installation responds to and changes within definite types of locations with the specific focus on Palazzo Strozzi. The research also delves into artwork’s relationship to the viewer, how Room for one colour (2022) creates a dynamic interaction between the architectural space, artwork and viewer by facilitating a direct communication between the artwork itself and the viewer as participant. Starting from the individual perception of the artwork, based on sensorial engagement and bodily intelligence, the research then delves into the understanding of collective experience. This experience, which is considered part of a larger “social turn” in art beginning in the 1990s-early 2000s, enhances the communication between the artwork and the artist with the space and the viewer, developing into a form of co-creation. By further relying on era-defining terms introduced by scholars and critics of the last fifty years, the thesis focuses on the latest direction of museums based on principles of inclusivity and social engagement. Through examining a number of concepts ranging from social, experiential and participatory practices it sets a framework for the analysis of aesthetic and conceptual qualities of Eliasson’s installation. The thesis contextualizes Room for one colour as a created immersive environment within museum space and analyses the way it facilitates a visitor’s individual and collective experience, both in the artwork and in relation to the outside world.
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Thesis (B.A. in Art History)--John Cabot University, Spring 2024.
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2023
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Elíasson Ólafur , 1967-
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Khvostova, Valeriia. "Olafur Eliasson’s Room for one colour: an ambient environment generating dialogue between artwork, space, artist and visitor". BA Thesis, John Cabot University, Rome, Italy. 2024.