The new Olafur Eliasson AR project you can experience at home

From what has now become the all-too-familiar comfort of home, users can enter Eliasson’s cabinet of curiosities and ‘collect’ natural elements, small artworks, and experiments from the artist’s studio. In an interview via video call with Nowness creative director Bunny Kinney, Eliasson reveals how AR is significant to his life and practice. Through the app a user can place a raging sun in the middle of any room; play with a puffin; experience the northern lights; summon a rain cloud and more. “The artwork is about challenging our perception of the everyday,” says the Berlin-based artist, “and actively welcoming that which lies on the boundary between the known and the unknown.” Continue reading on Nowness.com or the app: https://o6g7.app.link/jHnGQNoBD6 _______________________________________ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Inspiration on Pinterest: http://bit.ly/pinterest-nowness Staff Picks on Vimeo: http://bit.ly/vimeo-nowness