I decided to do a study on him as he is well known of his installations and sculptures that have the unique ability to change and respond to the presence and point of view of the viewer.
These are a few of his popular work:
Wooden Mirror - 1991
Built in 1999, this is the first mechanical mirror DANIEL ROZIN built. This piece explores the line between digital and physical, using a warm and natural material such as wood to portray the abstract notion of digital pixels.
I like how the video capture and it send the black and white pixelate images to the computer, then the black and white values corresponds on the wood to twit to the right angle. It sound complicated but it actually work! It's a lot of technical work and I really don't know how he come out with such a crazy yet amazing idea!
It's like a mirror but it's not a mirror. He understand the art of pixels and using that to form such a beautiful art piece.
Weave Mirror - 2007
Credits
768 C shaped prints 768 motors, video camera, control electronics.
Size 57 inches H, 78 inches W, 8 Inches D
Weave Mirror assembles 768 motorized and laminated C-shaped prints along the surface of a picture plane that texturally mimics a homespun basket. A seemingly organic smoky portrait comes in focus to the sound made by the sculpture’s moving parts. Informed by traditions of both textile design and new media, the Weave Mirror paints a picture of viewers using a gradual rotation in greyscale value on each C-ring. A playful juxtaposition between the rustic and photographic, this sculpture is suspended from the ceiling. Its functional circuitry and wiring is visible behind the picture plane, exposing its craft.
At first sight I thought the material used to make this mirror was some cloth or fabric (that are use to weave) since the title was name Weave Mirror. Little did I expect it was shaped prints from motors.
From his works, we can tell he's very enthusiastic about mirrors and half of his designs were about mirrors.
Hopefully his next piece of art work on Mirrors, maybe in a few years down the road, he will create an image that look-alike but somehow the perfect side of us.
In today society, everyone were into perfection. Plastic surgeries is like a norm. People want to look perfect; long and sharp nose, big eyes, bigger eye lids, bigger boobs, slender arms and waists... etc
Maybe... just maybe... he can create a mirror that can reflect on how one can transform to someone that they wish to look like. Haha!
You can say 'lying to self' but it's somewhere we can escape from reality.
Just some random thoughts that come across my mind..
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