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'''Overview''' <br> | '''Overview''' <br> | ||
I propose to build an installation that | I propose to build an installation that creates a type of illusion. I would use the hands of anonymous workers to transform photographs into hand drawings at a large scale. These transformed images would depict tools in positions that suggests a type of anthropomorphism. | ||
I expect these drawings to have a house of mirrors type of distorted effect and may be accompanied by a sculptural element that includes mirrors, or fake mirrors by mirroring the objects I've placed in the room and building large frames that mimic the mirror objects. <br> | |||
'''Notes & Sketches''' <br> | '''Notes & Sketches''' <br> | ||
Starting with a simple photo of a mirror, chair or ladder in a room. <br> | Starting with a simple photo of a mirror, chair or ladder in a room. <br> | ||
Break the photo into 36 panels (A3 size). Then distribute the panels individually to be copied by hand using the crowdsourcing resource of the Mechanical Turk. Eventually each of the 36 panels are re-assembled to piece together the image again.<br> | Break the photo into 36 panels (A3 size). Then distribute the panels individually to be copied by hand using the crowdsourcing resource of the Mechanical Turk. Eventually each of the 36 panels are re-assembled to piece together the image again. I am experimenting with using a peep-hole or a type of optic device to modify the viewers perception of the room and what they are seeing.. if it is "real" or illusion.<br> | ||
[[Image:Bbixby_wheatpaste1.jpg|450px|An example of a wheat pasted image composed of 36 A3 panels, Xerox prints.]]<br> | [[Image:Bbixby_wheatpaste1.jpg|450px|An example of a wheat pasted image composed of 36 A3 panels, Xerox prints.]]<br> |