063 Christian Hoffelner (Text), Eva Engelbert (Fotografie) – A short piece of distance
in: Oliver Klimpel (ed.) – The Visual Event: An education in appearances, Spector Books, Leipzig 2014
Christian Hoffelner, Eva Engelbert – A short piece of distance
Yellow cup.
It’s filled with water.
We turn, you turn.
No turn.
The mystically rotating mirror by the artist Hans Kupelwieser is a questionable object.
Our feet are loosing weight.
“However the form of the mirror is parabolic, kind of?” E. asks.
“More precisely: its form is built up by two twisted curves (sections of a cylinder).” H. responds.
H. stops the mirror.
“Keep an eye on the mark,” he says.
“The image inside the mirror is rotating twice as fast, as the physical movement of the plate.”
The unknown object on the wall starts irritating again.
It’s moving kind of gently.
The more distant reflections inside the kinetic-ocular start circling.
The cup. Still full.
Hands down.
Hans Kupelwieser discovered a visual phenomenon, which wasn’t previously known but investigated through the work on that specific sculpture.
A short piece of distance
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