Gebhard Sengmüller’s A Parallel Image is an electronic (analogue) camera obscura. The real time shadow-image of any spectator standing in front of the sculpture aperture is rendered through a series of light bulbs making up a screen, situated on the sculpture’s rear end.
This installation differs from the classical mirror-image art works, as the spectator is disconnected/not able to visually perceive from his/her reflection, and always will be.
Daniel Rozin specializes in mirror-image installations.
In Rust Mirror (2009) the mirror silhouette of the spectator is reflected onto a surface consisting of hundreds of rust steel tiles. The tiles tilt and reflect the light source producing the necessary contrast to make mirror image.
Daniel Rozin has created many interactive installations investigating the mirror image.
In Time Scan Mirror (2004) the screen image is showing a time-delayed and slightly skewed mirror image of the viewer.
Bohyun Yoon’s Merge is an installation where the body image is challenged by merging different bodies and gender into a new body image. You are no longer viewing a specific body, but any body, even your own. Which brings the body schema into question. Will experiencing “Merge” give the audience a new awareness about – opportunity to notice and reflect upon – their own body schema?
