Wooden Mirrors

By EmilyH on November 8th, 2009, 12:00 pm 3 Comments

This is an interactive art project by Daniel Rozin.  It involved 835 wooden tiles that move to create a mirror image.  Each piece of wood is motorized by a computer and moves up and down to change how the light hits it.  The little camera in the middle takes 15 pictures per second and converts the image to gray scale. Then, the pixel colours correspond to a specific angle to create the image with light.

I think this art piece is awesome! At first, the concept seemed really confusing, but after watching many of Rozin’s videos, this projects seems like something I would challenge myself to complete! I also think it would be interesting in a gallery setting because it’s surprising to the viewer, when they see themselves IN the art.  Judging by my previous blog posts, I have discovered the I really LOVE interactive art! I believe it can challenge the viewer’s skills or confuse them, and it always creates different results.

Daniel Rozin has many other projects that follow these concept of angles, colours and mirror images.

Check out:

Trash mirror 2001

Circle mirror 2005

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3 Responses to “Wooden Mirrors”

1. laska says:

   November 9, 2009 at 12:15 pm

   I find it ironic using the wood medium in this motion, interactive piece since wood is often perceived as heavy yet is used in such a ‘light’ way….
2. ronniechang says:

   November 11, 2009 at 1:32 pm

   nice, i could imagine him using more than just 835 cut out woods and increase the pixels twice the size and the refresh rate. Hes inovativity and the use of angles to reflect the light off of the wood is brilliant. He incorporated the interactivity of its surroundings and project it back to the audience.
3. kristiner says:

   December 11, 2009 at 11:31 pm

   wow this is really cool and so creative!