Even as a small child I loved the dynamic effects of light; the way it carries images across the intervening space to make reflections on glossy surfaces in places that made me wonder how it got there... my most memorable experience of art was the work of Adolf Luther, an exhibition we saw in Athens. He had made light his subject in a way that gave me a truly sublime experience;
Using convex and concave mirrored surfaces he created a dynamic space in which the viewer was enveloped in a surreal world of their own (distorted) reflections swirling about between them and the art-piece. These in-air 'reflections' were subtle and elusive, and only visible when the viewer's eyes relaxed into the range required, giving an experience similar to 3D movies, without the silly glasses. It was amazing... to be in the art-piece, part of it; the active cause of it, was sublime.
Using convex and concave mirrored surfaces he created a dynamic space in which the viewer was enveloped in a surreal world of their own (distorted) reflections swirling about between them and the art-piece. These in-air 'reflections' were subtle and elusive, and only visible when the viewer's eyes relaxed into the range required, giving an experience similar to 3D movies, without the silly glasses. It was amazing... to be in the art-piece, part of it; the active cause of it, was sublime.