time art

I love the concept of freezing the frame without actually taking a picture or painting the moment. By using the strobe you can achieve the illusion of a still shot of

In a darkened room, there is a pool of water on the floor and water dripping from the ceiling into the pool. This is what you know when you step into the room. But it is lit only with strobe light, so all you have are flashes of information as to what you are seeing. The strobe light freezes the movement of the water drops, in an endless variation. It is like seeing time stopped. The effect is mesmerizing and magical. Along with the slight coolness of the room and the scent of cool fresh water, it becomes a transcendent moment.

Olafur Eliasson:The illusion of stopped movement and time--within an artwork that incorporates actual movement and time

Olafur Eliasson, Your Strange Certainty Still Kept, 1996