Monofrequency lamps narrow the visible spectrum inside the entrance corridor of the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in Manila. Bodies, clothing, and architecture turn yellow or black, their familiar colors removed as the threshold assumes the queasy intensity of an overexposed photograph. Depth begins to waver even as edges and contrasts sharpen. Upon leaving, the eye produces a bluish afterimage, a kind of retinal rebellion against deprivation. The corridor demonstrates that perception has an edit function. (Article continues after the video.) Video: The Manila leg of Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Eliasson’s Your curious journey opens with "Yellow corridor" (1997), turning the museum’s entrance passage into its first perceptual experiment. By temporarily disrupting ordinary color vision, Eliasson reveals perception as an event assembled by light, nervous system, and context rather than a neutral way of seeing. Eliasson decidedly makes the spectator responsible for coproducing the exhibition. Your curious journey began at..
