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Michel de Broin's Mirror Sculpture: Strange, Very Sci-Fi Chic!

By Alex in Arts & Crafts, Pictures on Feb 25, 2008 at 1:21 am


This mysterious thing, which at first glance seemed straight out of a Star Trek episode, is actually a 2004 mirror artpiece called Superficial by French artist Michel de Broin:

Upon invitation to reflect on the notion of transparency, that led me into the forest to envelop the contour of a large stone with fragments of mirror. The large stone, tucked away deep in the woods, became a reflective surface for its surroundings. In this play of splintered radiance, the rock disappears in its reflections. Because it reflects one cannot be mislead by its presence, yet we cannot seize it, rather it is the rock that reflects us.

Link – via Militant Platypus


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  1. Ali S.
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 1:51 am

    Oddly, this reminds me of an X-Files episode where in the forest Mulder finds an invisible UFO that was transparent and mirrored.

  2. avraamov
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 6:10 am

    this type of sculpture couldn't have existed before the modern cinema.

  3. Tempscire
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 8:10 am

    Oooh.

  4. A Noun
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 9:34 am

    I'd love to know how many people have walked straight into that!

  5. Miss Cellania
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    I first thought of the movie Predator.

  6. Ali S.
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    @ A Noun

    Instead of people...how about animals? I wonder how many faceprints of deer, birds, bears and other critters are on that.

    Sir David Attenborough: "And here we have the rare endangered red coloured sparrow. So rare is it for humans to see that its quite a treat to film it as it gracefully flies...*THUD!*...Oh my..." ;)

  7. markelrayes
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 1:31 pm

    : ) makes me miss mountains and home. (damn you philadelphia city)

    Must say, I like that it's brilliant ah but i can see
    myself or someone else walking into it by accident! ha especially if it could just be 'placed' somewhere in the woods hah

  8. ted
    Feb 25th, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    It is the rock that reflects us? Damn, I wish I could write crap like that. That's half the art itself.

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