Olafur Eliasson – MCAD, Philippines

Public Lecture by Olafur Eliasson
Thursday, 9 July 2026, 2–3:30 PM
DAC Theater, 5F De La Salle–College of Saint Benilde, Design + Arts Campus
Free | RSVP required

On Thursday, 9 July 2026, the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD) Manila will open Your curious journey, a significant traveling exhibition by Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur
Eliasson (b. 1967). Marking the final leg of an extensive international tour—following presentations at the Singapore Art Museum (SAM), Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Taipei
Fine Arts Museum (TFAM), and Museum MACAN in Jakarta—the exhibition marks the end of a multi-year regional dialogue.

Your curious journey offers a comprehensive survey of Eliasson’s three-decade practice, centering on themes of perception, embodiment, and the climate emergency. The exhibition
features pivotal works such as Beauty (1993), where water and light create a rainbow that shifts based on the viewer’s position, and Yellow corridor (1997), an immersive space utilizing
monofrequency lights to challenge physiological perception.

By working with scientific phenomena and natural elements—light, wind, water, and moss—not merely as subjects, but as active materials, Eliasson examines how we engage with our
surroundings. After the landmark exhibition concludes its journey in Manila, the works will return to the artist’s studio in Berlin. The MCAD show serves as a final invitation for the public to
explore how art can address global challenges and the constant state of flux in our environment.

Exhibition Highlights

The exhibition features works that explore climate, sustainability, and perception:

• Beauty (1993), a shifting and shimmering rainbow created by a spotlight and water nozzles
• Moss wall (1994), a sprawling vertical expanse of reindeer moss
• Yellow corridor (1997), an immersive space using monofrequency lights to challenge physiological perception
• The glacier melt series (1999/2019), a series of thirty C-prints documenting environmental change

The exhibition Olafur Eliasson: Your curious journey is supported by the Embassy of Denmark in the Philippines, Mercedes Zobel, and Goethe-Institut Philippinen.