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spookyactioncollective:

Ánimas explore the interior dimensions of mind and soul in the embodied physicality of space. In Spanish the word anima means soul; its root ane means to breath. Each sculpture has three kinds of inter-dimensional space that all occupy the same spatial coordinates: the concrete, volumetric space of the screens; the pictorial/volumetric space of the images produced by the paint on the screens; and the optical interference generated between the screen grids when two or more planes overlap (without coinciding) , an optically real, but tactically non-existent space. (via Seth Wulsin)

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purestform:

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Audiovisual Installation for Toyo Ito Exhibition
Concept : Toyo ItoCreative Direction : 000studioMusic : Ryoji IkedaProducing : Kayoko OtaCooperation : ICC© 2000 Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects, 000studio, and Ryoji Ikeda

17:01 $prostheticknowledge: Beyond Infinity by Serge Salat via designboom Installation piece combines mirrors, lights, music, and fractal art ‘beyond infinity’, a multisensory installation by french artist and theorist serge salat, interweaves mirrors, light, music, and fractal art in an architecture that conflates visitors’ perceptions of space. sponsored by buick cars and usable during the eventsas a vehicle showroom, the work is installed at shanghai’s westgate mall from september 16th through 18th, 2011.measuring 12.45 by 10.8 meters at a height of 3.8 meters, the structure is completely closed, composed of a steel infrastructure with honeycomb aluminum panels covered in mirrors. internally, the space is designed around the trigram of the yi king, utilizing spatial techniques traditional of suzhou gardens as a means of framing the visitor experience as a ‘mystical journey’ through abstracted chinese courtyards. painted wooden grids and steps lend additional structure, while the fractal objects are composed of wooden frames covered with punched aluminum anodized panels.inside the installation, as music plays, the lighting pulses and shifts as visitors move through a series of room-like spaces whose dimensions are almost indiscernible as a result of the infinite reflections cast by the mirrors. on a 9-channel system, the lighting varies from ultraviolet blue to white, traversing each minute a complete cycle that recreates the effects of dawn through sunset and night. visitors pass first through a blue lattice grid with a darkened section monikered the ‘vertical infinite fault’ that seems to eliminate the space where they walk. More photos, and a video tour, can be found here$

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