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January 18, 2006
Anamorphic Projection Art
We studied anamorphic projection in first year Architecture. It's the practice of distorting an image so that when it's viewed from a point that's not perpendicular to the surface it's applied to, it appears straight-on. (Technically, it can also be applied to correspond to a viewpoint perpendicular to the image plane, but that's a bit more complex and much less common). You know the advertisements on sporting fields that look like they're standing up on the grass, but when viewed from another camera angle, appear stretched? That's anamorphic projection.
In architecture school, we used the anamorphic images to generate architectural form. Well Felice Varini uses architectural form to generate anamorphic images. The results are startling. It must be even more impressive in real life.
There are more cool examples of his work at a blog called gravestmor. Julian Beever also makes anamorphic art, in the form of chalk drawings on footpaths. His work is less remarkable in that it only utilizes one plane, but more remarkable in that he creates realistic images, not just abstract forms, and does it all freehand.
You can learn about the geometry of anamorphic images, and how to create your own.
Posted by Piers on January 18, 2006 at 01:35 AM
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There's a corridor in Perth that has one of those things going on.
People are always standing outside it tripping out.
Posted by: Campbell at January 18, 2006 01:07 PM
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