Oh, hat cant be i have t you must be having a musical reaction to something. And showed them together. And then you went Royal Danish Academy of art, studied there, and then you moved to new york, but it wasnt until you moved back to europe from america where you began to start making art seriously. Was y sort of tied up wir identity that you were a european and you could only work properly when you got back to europe . Yeah. It i was a young artist. I started art school when the berlin wall came down. I was so optimistic, i said, ok. Im done. Why ever stay in art school . Let me just gew york anget it over with, so it was only when i realized, oh, this is actually a little hder. Maybe studying art is not so bad, after all, so i went back, and i realized, hmm, maybe being honest to myself, taking this se,ous, slowing down a b and this is sort of when i actually started, i say, to get more serious. And you are now a worldrenowned artist and particularly famous for your largescale instal
Broadly, could the buildings of the future be made of more Sustainable Materials . Or is it simply far fetched. Olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Your parents moved to denmark, your mother was a seamstress, your father was a moved to denmark, your mother was a seamstress, yourfather was a cook, how did your early life and influence you in your work . |j how did your early life and influence you in your work . I spent my vacations in iceland, my father also worked as an artist, actually. My also worked as an artist, actually. My mother in denmark would make sure i would go to school and he would say that my mother had the more disciplined approach to life, but my father had the more hedonistic approach. Being in nature over the summer, playing around as a child, with my father, that really influenced me a lot. But also to be fair, my mother gave me a sense of purpose and direction, and made a great difference for me. You also took part in sort
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with zeinab badawi. Welcome to hardtalk from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. He is the Award Winning icelandic danish artist. He believes that art can change the world by, for instance, tackling Climate Change. This is one of his exhibits, a giant wall made of moss. The idea is to get people thinking differently about the environment, for instance, could buildings of the future be made more sustainably . Is this sort of thing visionary or far fetched . Olafur eliasson, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, zeinab. You had a fairly unorthodox upbringing. Your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. Born in iceland, moved to denmark. Your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. How did your early life influence you, in your work . Well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running around in nature while he was painting. He also worked as an artist, actuall
Hello, this is bbc news with lu kwesa burak. The headlines the man in charge of planning for a no deal Brexit Michael gove says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and worst case scenarios. This is the scene live in hong kong where around 100,000 people have gathered for more pro democracy protests for the eleventh week running. Kent police name the boy whos missing after he fell into the river stour as six year old lucas dobson. Thousands of people are left homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the bangladesh capital, dhaka. Reports suggest the muslim convert known asjihadi jack who travelled to syria to join so called Islamic State has been stripped of his british citizenship. Now on bbc news its hardtalk with Zeinab Badawi. Welcome to hardtalk with me Zeinab Badawi from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. He is the Award Winning icelandic danish artist, Olafur Eliasson. He believe
Now on bbc news its hardtalk with Zeinab Badawi. Welcome hardtalk with Zeinab Badawi. To hardtalk with m badawi welcome to hardtalk with me, Zeinab Badawi from tate modern in london where my guest has a major exhibition. He is the Award Winning icelandic danish artist 0liver for aliasing. He believes that art can change the world. This is one of his exhibits. A giant wall made of moss and this is to get people digging differently about the environment. For instance, could our buildings of the future be made with more Sustainable Materials . Is this kind of thinking visionary or simply far fetched 0lafur eliasson. Welcome to hardtalk. You had an extremely unorthodox upbringing. Your parents were extremely young when they had you, your mother 20, yourfather i9. Born in iceland, moved to denmark. Your mother was a seamstress, your father a cook. How did your early life influence you, in your work . Well, my father moved back to iceland and i would spend my vacations in iceland, running ar