Megan Franks
Wide view of the Riverbed gallery in 2019: a sloping field of grey river stones with a stream running down the left, white walls and rows of ceiling lights above, and Megan Franks standing right of centre beside the artist.
Olafur Eliasson, Riverbed 2014, installed at GOMA, 2019.

Water

Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) · 7 Dec 2019 – 23 Mar 2020 · Lead Designer

At a glance

15
weeks
8
rooms
Venue
Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA)
Status
Closed 23 Mar 2020
Scale
First Southern Hemisphere presentation of Olafur Eliasson’s Riverbed 2014
Scale
Around 100 tonnes of rock and material in the ground-floor galleries
Scale
Scheduled to 26 Apr 2020; closed early due to COVID-19

The exhibition

Water ran at the Gallery of Modern Art from 7 December 2019 to 23 March 2020; it was scheduled to 26 April 2020 and closed early due to COVID-19. It included the first Southern Hemisphere presentation of Olafur Eliasson’s Riverbed 2014, with around 100 tonnes of rock and material in the ground-floor galleries.

Spatial strategy

Schematic plan: Water Schematic, compiled from published sources. Not to scale. 1. Entry in Entry; 2. A rising tide; 3. Deep; 4. Pulse; 5. Cycles; 6. Held; 7. Riverbed; 8. Central atrium in Long Gallery. river Stanley Place Gallery 1.1 Gallery 1.2 Gallery 1.3 River Room Entry Long Gallery Central atrium A rising tide Deep Pulse Cycles Held Riverbed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  1. EntryMegan Cope, RE FORMATION 2019
  2. A rising tide
  3. Deep
  4. Pulse
  5. Cycles
  6. Held
  7. RiverbedOlafur Eliasson, Riverbed 2014
  8. Central atriumWilliam Forsythe, The Fact of Matter 2009

Also in the exhibition Cai Guo-Qiang, Heritage 2013 · Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Snowman · Angela Tiatia, Holding On 2015 · Judy Watson · David Medalla, Cloud Canyons No. 25

Schematic, compiled from published sources. Not to scale. Theme names are published; their order and rooms are not yet confirmed.

Riverbed 2014 © Olafur Eliasson. Exhibition design: Megan Franks, Lead Designer, QAGOMA.

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Video: QAGOMA, Water / Immerse yourself in ‘Water’ at GOMA. Watch on YouTube

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