The Little Sun lamp and project were officially launched at London’s famous Tate Modern in July 2012. It was a perfect venue to introduce visitors to Little Sun in a fun and engaging way. For those who couldn’t attend in person, this is a great new short film in which Olafur Eliasson, BBC and Tate […]
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Museum of Art in Jodhpur, India
The Mehrangarh Museum of Art, Jodhpur, in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, presented a Little Sun exhibition featuring more than 200 Little Sun lamps and a series of 16 Little Sun short films, first shown at London’s Tate Modern in 2012. The Mehrangarh Museum of Art hosted the exhibition in the fitting […]
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La Rinascente
In December 2012 Little Sun joined Italian department store la Rinascente in a celebration of light for all – making Little Sun lamps available in 6 off-grid shops for the first time. Little Sun shops opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Nairobi, Kenya; Jakarta, Indonesia; El Nido, Philippines; Yangon, Myanmar; and Johannesburg, South Africa. Little Sun […]
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Little Sun at COP18
Little Sun Garden at COP18/CMP8 Hundreds of Little Suns lit up COP18/CMP8’s interactive art exhibition from 23–24 November 2012. As the UN Climate Change Conference’s contribution to the Doha Film Institute’s Family Day at Qatar, a ‘Little Sun Garden’ (a mirrored corridor illuminated by Little Suns) delighted visitors while imparting lessons about climate change. Children […]
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Sunlight Graffiti
An interactive sunlight graffiti installation was created at London’s Tate Modern as part of the museum’s Poetry and Dream exhibition (28 July – 23 September 2012). Visitors were invited to create works of art through moving with their Little Sun lights in a darkened room. The resulting images were captured and uploaded to the Sunlight […]
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Little Sun at the Venice Architecture Biennale
At the 2012 Venice Architecture Biennale, Olafur Eliasson responded to David Chipperfield’s exhibition theme, ‘Common Ground’, with three works inspired by Little Sun. In two gallery spaces of the Central Pavilion, Eliasson transformed light into a physical experience. One space featured a new short film titled Solar Syokoy by acclaimed Philippine director Khavn. Made at […]
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Little Sun Launch at Tate Modern: “Blackouts” and “Sunlight Graffiti”
Tate Blackouts and Sunlight Graffiti: 28 July – 23 September 2012 Little Sun at Tate Modern raised awareness about the need to improve access to energy for the 1.2 billion people worldwide living outside the electrical grid. It was an artistic endeavour and a call to action. On seven Saturday nights, from 28 July to 8 […]
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Little Sun, “The Weather Project” and Connectivity
In making art, I have always been interested in the difference between looking at art alone and looking at it with other people. In art history, the other people part has never really been thoroughly described, and there was always this pretence that you are more or less alone on the planet. This seems to be the […]
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