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The pixels of this mirror are shaped like Pacman figures.

When the viewer moves, the crusty image flakes off, revealing the color underneath. When the viewer stands still, a crust forms over the reflected image in the mirror.

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This software mirror examines the notions of time, stasis, and motion. See yourself as the congregation and accumulation of white snow flakes projected on a transparent silk fabric - a feeling that you (the snow flakes) are being suspended in space.

Snow Mirror plays with time and black and white. When you stand in front of this mirror, you can see everyone around you reflected in all 34 panes. Everyone else in the space with you is not reflected, a moment of total reflective narcissism. When standing in front of a broken mirror, a shattered mirror that has the ability to recollect the shattered image into its original state, you’ll be surprised by how you see yourself reflected in it – something much different than you might either expect or believe.Īn arrangement of 34 vertical panes of mirror where you miraculously see yourself reflected on all 34 panes. The exhibit creates a private image seen only by the person reflected – you! Mirrors Mirror uses 768 small mirrors, a total of 4 columns of 'pixels' forming a concave surface. Even though computers are often used in Rozin's work, they are seldom visible, but other materials may be - everything from chrome balls and bits of trash to software mirrors that produce digital reflections.Īmong the works by artist Daniel Rozin on view are: In many cases “you” are the content of the piece and in others you are invited to take an active role in its creation. At the Exploratorium, you’ll explore the startling possibilities, as well as new Exploratorium exhibits like Giant Mirror, Elastotron, Topo Kaleidoscope, and Parabolic Surface Multi-Eye Mirror.Īt the center of the exhibition is the work of New York-based interactive artist Daniel Rozin, who creates installations and sculptures that have the unique ability to change and respond to the presence and point of view of the viewer. And reflections, in some fashion, always mirror those images.

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But what about bad mirrors, cracked mirrors, distorted mirrors, multiple mirrors, redirecting mirrors, water mirrors or odd illumination? All we know for sure is that light always carries information in the form of images. (Unless of course the mirror is a heat camera, one of the exhibits on view.) If the light has your shape, and the reflecting surface is a good mirror, you’ll see a clear image of yourself. Reflections always mirror, in one form or another, the light that falls on reflective surfaces. Mirrors have played fundamental roles in sciences from cosmology to microbiology, shrinking vast intergalactic distances and making the tiniest life visible, while also inspiring countless creative explorations of their poetic and psychological qualities. While you’re at it, explore the scientific and cultural history of mirrors - one of humankind’s most influential and intimate technologies - through activities and special events in conjunction with the exhibition. Reflections is included in the price of admission to the Exploratorium. All of Rozin's artworks are provided courtesy of bitforms gallery nyc and ITP - New York University. It’s all part of the Exploratorium’s summer investigation of those wonderfully confusing things called mirrors. Multiply your visage into hundreds of kaleidoscopic views, use computers and curved mirrors to distort your appearance, experiment with your own face under different wavelengths of light - and play with perspective to capture aspects of yourself you’ve rarely witnessed. See your reflection with imagery of your skeleton, blood flow, and beating heart superimposed. Reflections, on view from June 19-September 20, 2009, is an exhibition combining new art installations by visiting artist Daniel Rozin - interactive works that highlight Rozin’s provocative take on self-examination - as well as re-imagined exhibits and Exploratorium classics. Reflectionslets you look at your own image as you've never seen it before. What’s new this summer? You - at the Exploratorium.

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