🌍 #OlafurEliasson: ‘Our movement in space implies friction: not only wind resistance, but also social, physical, and political frictions. Thus, movement has consequences for self-perception and the way we engage with the world.’
This week, the UNDP appointed the Danish-Icelandic #BMWArtCar artist Olafur Eliasson as a Goodwill Ambassador to advocate for urgent action on climate change and sustainable development goals.
Eliasson’s 2007 work, ‘Your mobile expectations: BMW H2R project’, transformed an object of advanced industrial design into a work of art critically reflective of the relationship between global warming and industrial production. The 16th BMW Art Car by studioolafureliasson premiered in 2007 at SFMoma and was presented at Munich’s pinakothekdermoderne in 2008. #BMWGroupCulture