Installed in 2020, *Gesellschaftsspiegel* is a public artwork in Hamburg by Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. Two brown-black patinated brass sculptures, each about 28 feet (8.5 meters) tall, stand on raised legs, allowing visitors to walk underneath. Their geometric forms, a triangular base and a diamond shape, contrast with the ornate historic buildings nearby. From a distance, they resemble abstract rockets on stilts. Inside, a kaleidoscope of angled mirrors reflects fragments of the surrounding architecture and sky, creating shifting patterns that change with light and movement.

The title *Gesellschaftsspiegel* translates as “society mirror.” Eliasson has said the work is intended to draw attention upward, toward the open air above, which he describes as a shared element of the urban landscape.…