Olafur Eliasson: OPEN Immersive Event

Olafur Eliasson: OPEN

a new site-specific installation made for The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

Los Angeles ,   California

In September 2024, Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967, Copenhagen; lives and works in Berlin) presents a new site-specific installation made for The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. In line with Eliasson’s career-long exploration of light and color, geometry, and environmental awareness, the installation playfully engages with material and immaterial qualities of the museum’s architecture. A series of large-scale optical devices designed specifically for MOCA Geffen will respond to the building itself, as well as to the everchanging atmosphere of Los Angeles. Visitors will encounter a dazzling range of sensory experiences that harness the laws of geometric optics to address feelings and concepts of embodiment, perception, and participation. Please be advised that Olafur Eliasson: OPEN features low lighting in some galleries and one artwork with flashing lights. Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is among the more than 70 exhibitions and programs presented as part of PST ART: Art & Science Collide. This landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is a Getty Initiative. Olafur Eliasson: OPEN is organized by José Luis Blondet, Senior Curator, and Rebecca Lowery, Associate Curator, with Emilia Nicholson-Fajardo, Curatorial Assistant, and Anastasia Kahn, former Curatorial Assistant, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Presenting support is provided by Mary and David Martin / MADWORKSHOP. This exhibition is made possible with support from Getty through its PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative. Lead support is provided by The Aileen Getty Foundation, Maurice Marciano, the MOCA Environmental Council, , and Maria Seferian. Generous support is provided by Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, , Kathi and Gary Cypres, Molly and Bill Ford, Agnes Gund, Nancy and Bruce Newberg, and Carolyn Clark Powers. Additional support is provided by Siri Stolt-Nielsen, A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated, and the Danish Arts Foundation. Exhibitions at MOCA are supported by the MOCA Fund for Exhibitions with generous funding provided by Michael and Zelene Fowler, Jordan S. Goodman + The Goodman Family Foundation, The Earl and Shirley Greif Foundation, and Pamela West.... Show More

Audience Role

Art lover. Art lover.

Content Advisories

  • Dimly lit spaces

  • Flashing lights

  • All ages

Interaction Advisories

  • No physical contact with performers

Mobility Advisories

  • No mobility advisories

  • Event is wheelchair accessible.

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color
Light
Olafur Eliasson

$18.00

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The Museum of Contemporary Art

Hosting immersive events on EI since March, 2022

Established in 1979, we are the only artist-founded museum in Los Angeles. We are dedicated to collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. We house one of the most compelling collections of contemporary art in the world, comprising roughly 7,500 objects, and have a diverse history of ground-breaking, historically-significant exhibitions. We are committed to the collection, presentation, and interpretation of art created after 1940, in all media, and to preserving that work for future generations. We provide leadership in the field by identifying and presenting the most significant and challenging art of our time, actively supporting the creation of new work, and producing original scholarship. With two distinct venues in Los Angeles—MOCA Grand Avenue, and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA—and Michael Heizer’s seminal artwork Double Negative (1969-70) in the Nevada desert, we engage audiences through an ambitious program of exhibitions, educational programs, and publishing.... Show More