Press Release
Despite its hyper-realistic appearance, Olympia (The Real-Time Disintegration into Ruins of the Berlin Olympic Stadium over the Course of a Thousand Years) is not a film shot on location. Berlin’s Olympiastadion—originally constructed by architects Werner and Walter March for the 1936 Summer Olympics—and its environ have been digitally reproduced by David Claerbout. Using video game technology, the artist has created a virtual world emptied of all life forms. The installation consists of a double-screen projection....
