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Re: Stealth
Posted:
Mar 3, 1995 6:26 AM
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>Old time clothing store mirrors were a two dimensional version
>of the same thing. They reflected back to the source in two
>dimensions, but not up and down. Imagine a clothing mirror with
>a reflective floor and ceiling.
Some years ago such a construction was exhibited in the East Wing of the
National Gallery in Washington, D.C. I believe it was designed by the
sculptor Lucas Samaras. It was a small-house-sized cubicle into which
museum guards allowed three or four of us at a time, wearing paper slippers
(hospital style) on our feet. It was made up of blocks with panes of
reflecting glass, as I recall about two feet on a side, on all sides and
above and below. Inside, the perspectives were mesmerizing, particularly
looking down, and the waiting lines of people grew long as many of us
lingered, then emerged and returned to the end of the line to repeat the
experience.
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