Space in Danish Artwork

The artist Eliasson allows the viewer to simultaneously experience time and space through his works. He creates literal atmospheres with natural processes and phenomena in the form of installation sculptures. One of the main ways he unites time, space, and the viewer is by utilizing movement. One of his works is titled " I only see things when they are moving" and another is a large circular walkway on top of a building with colored glass walls that shift the view of the surrounding landscape as the viewer moves through the space and sees  changing colors. 

In one of his works, he uses the movement of falling water as a way for viewers to measure time and space. To do this, he installed large waterfalls in the city of New York that span from the tops of buildings into the bay. With this work, he takes advantage of the natural human sensory process of depth perception that occurs when movement is observed at levels of distance. When something that is falling is closer, then it will appear to move more quickly. If two waterfalls appear to be exactly the same size but seem to be moving at different speeds, then they will create a sense of depth and scale, as the slower moving one will feel both larger and farther away. The waterfalls he installed were quite large, and serve to show the viewers who see the city from the opposite shore just how large the city is, and how far away they are in order to really give viewers an idea of the grandness of the space. 

He emphasizes the importance of allowing viewers to be able to experience the space as 3 dimensional and tangible, saying that the public will treat the natural environments with respect and will engage more with them if they are feel like they are part of them, and tries to achieve this in his works.