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"Carsten Höller: Y" at the Centro Botín, Santander, Spain, closes this Sunday, Septemeber 10. The selection includes such iconic pieces as "Y" (2003) and "Elevator Bed" (2010), in which visitors will be able to spend the night, as well as "High Psychotank" (2015), in which the visitor will literally be able to immerse themselves. You can't miss it! http://fal.cn/tGJq

In contrast, the other floor remains open and bathed in natural light, even if some of the installations by the artist Carsten Höller are already brightly lit. Mr. Höller’s “Y” show opens onto a light corridor, which he also compared to a uterus, that lets the viewer choose between two itineraries exploring the relationship between life and death. At one end, Mr. Höller suspended two bird cages filled with canaries, a bird valued for its bright singing and color but also as a harbinger of death when detecting toxic gases in mines. Because of the center’s construction delay, Mr. Höller said he had the rare opportunity of “having three years to prepare one exhibition.” His goal, he said, was also “not to take anything away from this immaculate new space.”

The exhibition offers a perspective on the last decade of this internationally acclaimed Belgian artist’s work known for his continued investigation of the spectator’s experience, and how s/he completes the work by engaging with it. Click here for exhibition and visitor information. __________ Image: Carsten Höller, Y, 2003, incandescent light bulbs, DMX lighting control system, aluminum, illuminated signs at both exits, cables, wood, steel, and mirrors, 118 1/8 × 236 1/4  × 472 7/16 inches (300 × 600 × 1200 cm) © Carsten Höller.

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Botin Centre, Santander, Spain

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