Allison Glazer

This week I combined my two nut ideas into one project. The two basic ideas were the changing 2d and 3d space and my personal interaction vs. the viewer's interaction. I used these nuts to sort of change my project into a self portrait. I wanted to put myself in the space and have the viewer recognize where I was without my actually being there. I set up some mirrors in part of the courtyard where I found the reflections interesting (similar to my midterm project). Then I picked out the parts of the reflections that were important to understanding where I was standing. I painted onto the mirrors part of the reflections (the poles, windows, doors) that defined where I was. This way, when I stand in my spot, all of the lines on the mirrors line up to where they are in the reflection so that they blend together. But when someone else is standing in my spot, since they're not the same height the lines wont line up and the mirrors will be uneven. In this sense, it is a self portrait of where I was standing at that time so that for me the painted lines lined up with the reflections. I don't know if that explanation made sense but hopefully my pictures will make the idea clear. I'm not sure how this will work at Officina. Hopefully I will be able to install mirrors there. It would be interesting to trace my motion through the mirrors - maybe I can install mirrors that show how I move through the bar and what I see at my eye level reflected in the mirrors placed throughout the bar. Or maybe I can install mirrors in the bathroom - in the stall and by the sink - which is a location where mirrors should be - and highlight with the mirrors what is seen in the reflection. I like where my project is going with the self portrait idea and putting myself in the space.