Your House
Eliasson has related the process of reading a book to that of walking through a building, both being physical, mental, and experiential activities. In Your House, he has created a model of his own house outside of Copenhagen, with laser-cut pages representing a vertical cross section of the building realized on a scale of 1:85. Turning the pages reveals architectural details—such as stairs, windows, door frames, wood panels, and ceiling designs—that appear and disappear, as if one were physically navigating the rooms and levels of the structure.
Artwork Details
- Title: Your House
- Artist: Olafur Eliasson (Danish-Icelandic, born Copenhagen 1967)
- Designer: Michael Heimann (German)
- Designer: Claudia Baulesch (German)
- Designer: Georg Sagurna (German)
- Binder: Markus Rottmann (German, born Erzgebirge, 1963)
- Publisher: Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art
- Date: 2006
- Medium: Book with 452 computer-aided laser-cut leaves
- Dimensions: Box: 11 5/8 × 17 11/16 × 4 1/2 in. (29.5 × 45 × 11.5 cm)
Book: 10 13/16 × 16 15/16 × 4 1/4 in. (27.5 × 43 × 10.8 cm) - Classification: Books
- Credit Line: Lin Lougheed Collection, Gift of Lin Lougheed, 2016
- Object Number: 2016.587.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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