Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life encourages visitors to engage with climate change
Three decades of work by the Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson including an indoor rainbow and a tunnel of fog prompt visitors to London's Tate Modern to think about their impact on the planet.
Waterfall is installed outside London's Tate Modern
The exhibition brings together nearly 40 works, most of which haven't been seen in the UK before, including some that have been created specifically for Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life.
The first of these greets visitors outside the London museum ? a 11-metre-high scaffolding structure with water cascading over its surface, called Waterfall.
Beauty is an indoor rainbow first shown in 1993
Once inside, Eliasson's interest in natural phenomena and weather patterns continues, with explorations of water, light and mist in a number of works. These include the earliest piece in the show ? 1993's Beauty ? an indoor rainbow created by shining light through gently falling water. Moss Wall from the following year is a 20-metre wall covered with reindeer moss, a slow-growing, spongy lichen native to Scandinavia.
Big Bang Fountain sees illuminated water appear in sharp bursts
Like many of the works in the show, these encourage the viewer to consider their relationship with the natural world and the impact that human behaviour has on it.
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