The fantasy of sleeping in the museum prompted Carsten Höller to conceive Rotating Hotel Room in 2008 and install it at the Guggenheim Museum (New York) in the fall of that same year. Elevator Bed comes as a sequel of the same concept: visitors are invited to book a night in this larger-than-life round bed equipped with all the comforts of a luxury hotel room. The bed also rotates and goes up and down, rising up to 3.5 metres above ground, enabling the guests to experience the rest of the exhibition from a different viewpoint. During the day, the bed remains at floor level as a sculpture.
Elevator Bed, 2010. Steel, electric scissor lift, wooden panels, acrylic panels, operational controls, wiring, various furnishings, mattress, bedding, LED and incandescent light bulbs. Collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna. Photo credit: Attilio Maranzano
