Revolving Hotel Room 2008

Carsten Höller, born in Brussels in 1961, created this Revolving Hotel Room - it's a kind of installation, a habitable sculpture. The approach is so simple, it's kind of radical, isn't it? The whole room, the bed, the furniture, is built on a rotating disc, and this element is important - not only does it provide physical form, it changes the perspective from which you view the room, both literally and metaphorically. Everything is a blur of white and black, of a rotating form, and it's unclear whether the paint is hiding something, revealing something, or perhaps even acting out as an independent protagonist. This reminds me of Bruce Nauman, who played around with the way that corridors can disorientate your perspective, making you question what you think you know. Is it supposed to be a metaphor for contemporary existence, or is it just a bit of fun? Maybe it's both. Like most great art, the questions it raises are far more interesting than any answers it might provide.