Name: Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “External Interior,” 2015
Uploaded: 2016-07-11T12:05:10Z
Duration: 1 min 41 s

Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, “External Interior,” 2015

Added on 11 Jul 2016

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"External Interior" (2015) is an inside-out disco ball made with 1600 one-way mirrors mounted on a transparent acrylic sphere, reminiscent of both Julio Le Parc’s mirrored sculptures and the tessellated vision present in insects with compound eyes. The piece is suspended from pulleys and has a counterweight so that it can be raised and lowered easily. As visitors introduce their head inside the sphere, they see a mise en abyme reflection multiplied kaleidoscopically, creating both a spacious, yet isolated, self-centered experience. Meanwhile, from the outside, the public can clearly see the person inside the sphere.