Olafur Eliasson Reality Projector, a site specific installation at Marciano Art Foundation / Photo: Joshua White

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For his exhibition at Marciano Art Foundation, titled Reality Projector (2018), Olafur Eliasson has conceived of a seemingly simple, yet complex installation that uses projected light and the existing architecture of the space to create a dynamic shadow play. The artwork references the space’s former function as a theater as well as the history of filmmaking in the city by turning the entire space into an abstract, three-dimensional film. Eliasson’s exhibition offers visitors the opportunity to fully experience the magnificence of the space free of objects. Reality Projector will be on view until August 26, 2018

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