Allison Glazer

Throughout the week, I've experimented with some of my ideas and altered my project a bit. I started by abstracting my images of the Arno and the reflections into organic shapes. I painted these onto plexi. Then I cut out other pieces of plexi and attached them to my paintings to make the surface more reflective. I made a few of these and then reflected them in mirror. When I went outside to see the reflections made with natural light, Jana and I talked about whether I needed the images I made or if the mirror could be enough. My original concept dealt with reflections and how they are both interactive and instantaneous. A person can change his or her location to find different things within the reflection, so it is interactive. What one sees can never be recreated to be exactly the same, so it is instantaneous. I installed the mirrors outside because I wanted to use natural light rather than light that could be manipulated. I placed the mirror in all different locations in the courtyard to create reflections that I found interesting. And when other people look in the mirrors, they will be able to find their own reflections.