The Morning Line was introduced to the public as the final contribution of the Serpentine Gallery 24-Hour Experiment Marathon in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007 by Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen. Revisiting some of the underlying questions leading to the conception of The Morning Line, Matthew Ritchie, scientist Neil Turok, and architects Benjamin Aranda and Chris Lasch, were addressing following questions: Is it possible to graphically describe a universe with more than three dimensions? If it is: can a physical structure be built to represent that description?

The Morning Line is a newly commissioned public art project by New York based artist Matthew Ritchie, developed in collaboration with Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary as a research / investigation for special models that probe interdisciplinary ideas and providing alternatives to the museum as the generic space for the experience of art. This is the foundation’s second architectonic commission following the pilot project Your black horizon Art Pavilion, a collaboration between Olafur Eliasson and David Adjaye currently installed on the island of Lopud, near Dubrovnik in Croatia.> >