Fábrica da Cerveja, Faro 2008
A plywood structure inserted into the architecture of an old fortress in Faro's city center.
At the end of the tunnel, a small slit allowed one to look into a dark chamber where a camera obscura projected, with the aid of a mirror and a lens, the cityscape (view A) onto an old plastic gasoline container.
Along a second, perpendicular axis, two corridors disclosed views B and C, to the left and to the right respectively. To the left was a "reversed" window, i.e. a window in which the typical opaque/transparent relations were reversed.
view B (long exposure)
view B (short exposure)
To the right was a semi-mirrored glass reflecting both, one's own body and the reversed window on the background. Attached to the glass was a reconstruction of the window's frame and beyond it a strobe light flashing at 6 seconds intervals. When the strobe flashed, for a split second, the dark shape of the window's frame was formed on the glass.
A plywood structure inserted into the architecture of an old fortress in Faro's city center.
At the end of the tunnel, a small slit allowed one to look into a dark chamber where a camera obscura projected, with the aid of a mirror and a lens, the cityscape (view A) onto an old plastic gasoline container.
Along a second, perpendicular axis, two corridors disclosed views B and C, to the left and to the right respectively. To the left was a "reversed" window, i.e. a window in which the typical opaque/transparent relations were reversed.
view B (long exposure)
view B (short exposure)
To the right was a semi-mirrored glass reflecting both, one's own body and the reversed window on the background. Attached to the glass was a reconstruction of the window's frame and beyond it a strobe light flashing at 6 seconds intervals. When the strobe flashed, for a split second, the dark shape of the window's frame was formed on the glass.
The result could be described in terms of a "lag" on perception. Between two opposing (and complementary) movements of decomposition and reconstruction, something was lost and something was added.
This project was produced for the exhibition "Articulações" curated by Nuno Faria.
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