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Wishes versus wonders, 2015 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Wishes versus wonders, 2015 - The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015 - Photo: Anders Sune Berg
Wishes versus wonders, 2015
The Winter Palace of Prince Eugene of Savoy, Vienna 2015
Photo: Anders Sune Berg
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A single steel ring, five metres in diameter, appears to hover at a slight angle above the floor. Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this illusion has been created by mounting a semicircular tube to a mirror. The reflection visually completes the circular form, producing a virtual ring that appears to pass from the actual space into the reflected space. Both the viewer and her surroundings are subsumed into the artwork by the mirror, and this doubled world, in combination with the slight tilt of the ring, generates a subtly destabilising and uncanny effect.

Artwork details

Title

Wishes versus wonders

Year

2015

Materials

Steel, brass, aluminium, mirror foil