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I'm particularly I've been interested in works by artist Olafur Eliasson and his diverse use of reflective materials within his art, and audience awareness.
Frost Activity 2004 - Reykjavik Art Museum Hafnarhus
http://www.olafureliasson.net/exhibitions/frost_activity_1.html
Utopia Tate Modern Oct 2003/March 2004
http://www.tate.org.uk/magazine/issue7/eliasson.htm
Take your time - Exhibited at both The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Centre NY
http://flux.net/take-your-time-olafur-eliasson-new-york

Mirror door (spectator), 2008;
Mirror door (user), 2008;
Mirror door (visitor), 2008
Selected exhibitions:
Take your time: Olafur Eliasson,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2008
http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/mirror_doors.html

http://www.olafureliasson.net/works/take_your_time.html

Quasi brick wall
2002 NMAC Foundation, Cadiz
This is a piece of work which had really inspired my direction of work, into using audience,
 site and reflection into a three way relationship.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ajcheng730/2546302036/

This work makes the audience or viewer just aware of the work itself as well as their own presence and
being in that particular space and location due to the reflections and light impact.


M.C.Escher has been renowned for using the reflective imagery in his artworks
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/E/escher.html

Many other prominent artist throughout history have explored reflective surfaces within their art:
Constable, Dali, Escher, Hockney, Klimt, Magritte, Manet, Monet, Picasso, Signac, Sisley,
Turner, Van Eyck, Velasquez, and Whistler.


With my previous module in the exploration of mirrors and now currently investigating reflective surface
and the multiple devices historically developed I had begun to be fascinated with the illusion and distortion
in convex and concave reflective imagery.


Examples of Devices: taken from http://www.webexhibits.org/hockneyoptics/post/stork7.html
Purpose or description
anamorphic mirrors and lenses
deliberately creating and undoing drastic distortions in art
astrolabe
primitive "computer" for predicting positions of planets but which was also used for surveying and estimating sizes of buildings
bacolo of Euclid
bars for estimating the height and width of a distant object, such as a building
bussola
device for measuring horizontal and vertical bearing angles
camera lucida
"light room," a prism for simultaneously viewing a scene and a drawing surface
camera obscura
"dark room," a dark room with a lens or hole to cast a dim image on the opposite wall
kaleidoscope
tube of plane mirrors for creating abstract image patterns
magic lantern
early slide projector
megalographs
paper with small holes which cast large shadows onto walls
microscope
seeing small objects
multiplying spectacles
eyeglasses with faceted lenses for producing multiple images
myriorama
image that can be cut and reassembled numerous ways
optigraph
mirror linked to a pen for copying images or drawing from nature
pantograph
mechancial device for enlarging or reducing images
Brunelleschi's peephole-mirror device
showing a three-dimensional scene in two dimensions
periscope
two mirrors in a tube for extending the user's visual reach
perspective box
box whose inside walls hold distorted images which when viewed through a peephole appear in proper perspective
perspective glass
tube with faceted lens making multiple drawings appear as one
perspectograph or automatic perspective machine
mechanical system for transferring an image froma flat surface to another possibly curved surface, such as a curved wall or ceiling
phenakistoscope or phantasmoscope or "stroboscope" or zoescope
slotted disk with sequence of images, which when rotated reveals a primitive "movie"
physionotrace
device used for tracing portraits
radio astronomico
sliding crossed sticks for measuring the height and width of a building
shadow lantern
candle and rotating silhouettes that cast shadows on the translucent walls of a small box
spectacles
primitive eyeglasses
telescope
seeing distant objects
thaumatrope
card with a partial image on each side which, when rotated, shows the full image
zoetrope or wheel of life
slotted cylinder with sequence of images, which when rotated reveals a primitive "movie"
zograscope or optical diagonal machine
convex lens and mirror giving a magnified view of a flat image



Concave and Convex Acrylic Mirror Glass
By Monika Goetz 
 


In my investigation into reflective surface I had looked upon the domestic use of concave
and convex mirrors in our everyday life.
Curved, or spherical, mirrors are also known as concave and convex mirrors. Calculations about the images formed by these lenses are based on the assumption that the curved section of the mirror was sliced off of a sphere. Concave mirrors are mirrors that curve inward in the middle, forming a cave-like hollow in the center of the mirror. Convex mirrors are mirrors that curve outward in the middle, forming a bubble-like curvature at the center of the mirror. There are many uses for concave and convex mirrors, mostly in the areas of science and safety.

  1. Convex Mirror Uses Inside Buildings

    • Large hospitals, stores and office buildings often use convex mirrors to allow people to see what is around a corner to help keep people from running into one another.

    Convex Mirror Uses: Sunglasses

    • Convex mirrors are used to make sun glass lenses. These mirrors help reflect some of the sunlight away from the wearer's eyes.

    Convex Mirror Uses: Vehicles

    • Convex mirrors are often found on the passenger sides of motor vehicles. These mirrors make objects appear smaller than they really are. Due to this compression, these mirrors to reflect a wider image area, or field of vision.

    Convex Mirror Uses: Security

    • Convex mirrors are often placed near ATMs to allow bank customers to see if someone is behind them. This is a security measure that helps keep ATM users safe from robbery of any cash withdrawals and helps keep ATM users' identity more secure.

    Convex Mirror Uses: Magnifying Glass

    Concave Mirror Uses: Vehicle

    • Concave mirrors are used in vehicle headlights to focus the light from the headlight. The light is not as diffused and the driver can see better at night.

    Concave Mirror Uses: Light Concentration

    • Concave mirrors are used to focus light for heating purposes
In my research of the use of concave and convex reflective surfaces, often mirror glass, I had found a debate
upon the Renaissance period and although mirror glass had transformed the way in which we view ourselves and the world, it is not completely know how the mirrored lens was, if used, or just a best kept secret,
Although this is contradicted in this production example here:

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