Anamorphic / Shadow Objects 2004-05

Anamorphic illusions are distorted stretched images that appear normal when viewed from a particular point:

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Shadows have been made into tangible solid objects by recreating them in transparent grey acrylic sheet:

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Three dimensional shadow chair created by painting onto a network of strings stretched across space:

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