Just got back from the preview and party for The Weather Project, Olafur Eliasson's absolutely breathtaking installation at the Tate Modern in London. The Turbine Hall is something like 500 feet long, the full length and height of the building.
I can tell you that Olafur created a giant sun out of yellow sodium streetlamps, but that doesn't begin to describe the experience of seeing it and being in the space. It is this awareness of one's own perception which is at the heart of his work. Not only does he use and transform this unwieldy cavern, he intensifies the viewer's sight and sense of being in the space.
And as always, Olafur lays bare the mechanisms that create the unavoidably sublime experience, which in this case include, literally, smoke and mirrors. You can see exactly how you're being manipulated affected, and you're fine with it. At least I am.
[update: the Guardian's Fiachra Gibbons likes it, too.]
...can I buy a prnt of this photo?