Gallery as Technology

After having a look at Olafur Eliasson's 2008 Exhibition at MoMA dealing with the visual process, I can't help but think of the gallery space and the exhibition itself as a type of technology.  What I find interesting is that similar to the technology of the book and printed language, Eliasson is using art in a space that is removed from ordinary experience as a technological tool for helping us to think phenomenologically. 

I'm hoping to deal with sense perception and to describe fundamental experiences in the world, and Eliasson's work sort of reconstructs this.  His art helps us to think on a base level about our visual perceptions... he illustrates the phenomenon using art and technology while other phenomenologists use texts and language.  He constructs a fantastical version of what also happens during our regular interactions with colour, space, light, reflection etc. to help us understand "the things themselves," the basic elements that build our unified sense of understanding.  Its very interesting how art can act as a disruption of our regular perception and shake us into understanding the many aspects of experience that we take for granted....such as his "Take Your Time 2008."

From MoMA site "A large circular mirror affixed to the ceiling at an angle rotates slowly on its axis, destabilizing your perception of space."