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Olafur Eliasson: The Parliament of Reality

A journey to a hand-crafted island involves a trip across this lattice bridge.

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Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson’s first major outdoor public art project in the United States was unveiled in 2009 on the Bard College campus. It's a handcrafted island featuring boulders and is easily accessible by a steel lattice-covered bridge.

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