A stunning view of the art installation by Olafur Eliasson beckons visitors in the desert outside Al Zubarah. The art installation consisted of 20 mirrored circular shelters, three single rings and two double rings, with 10 shelters at the centre forming a pentagram. The work of Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson explores the role that our perception of the world plays in how we co-produce reality. The underside of the circular roofs is covered with mirror panels, reflecting the curved segment of pipe that supports the roof. This creates a visual illusion of the pipes doubling into full rings, linking the real landscape with the reflected space. Visitors standing in the shade of the roofs may experience a moment of disorientation, glimpsing themselves and their surroundings reflected upside down in the roofs above. (Brahmananda Shasmal)
