h a l f b a k e r yIncidentally, why isn't "spacecraft" another word for "interior design"?
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I'm not 100% sure this hasn't been baked somewhere in the real world but not that I could find. This public space sculpture consists of 28 triangular posts about 3 to 4 metres high and 1 metre wide. They are arrayed in a triangular 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 pattern with a 1 metre spacings.
Each of the
3 sides of each pillar displays a component of 3 different murals. For example, at the 120 degrees viewing angle it might show a forest, at 240 degrees a seascape and at 360 degrees a snowscape. As you walk through the posts the same image is repeated with the outer 2 pillar components naturally dropping off.
In a pedestrian mall in a big city you could show office towers on the side shown to approaching office workers, store images to shoppers and food images to those heading toward the cafe and restaurant area. Providing, of course, that those facilities are laid out in a roughly suitable configuration.
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Cool. The only problem I can see is perspective. If the poles are not getting proportionally larger in the distance the image will be skewed. |
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That is the 'artistic' part [2 Fries]. Otherwise we could/should just
make the pillars in the center of the triangle
proportionately wider |
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Yes ? And who's going to pay for that, pray tell ? |
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Ummm, the long-suffering public through vastly increased
cat registration fees and charges? |
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You can have my cat when you pry it from [8th]'s cold, dead...oh, never mind. |
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These poles... are they cat-piss proof? |
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Yes, except for pole-cats of course. |
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That's why I asked. I figured polecats would be the
exception. |
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Why specify that it has to be in a public space? Some corporation with too much money should pay you to install this at their corporate headquarters. |
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It sounds nice, but I'm not sure I'm picturing exactly what you mean. Specifically, what is a // triangular 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 pattern //? |
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To see if I have the general idea: You could do something similar, yet simpler with 4 square pillars at grid locations B1, D2, A3, C4 in a 4x4 area and have 4 images. Each image would only line up exactly right when viewed from a single location. |
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The pillars are triangular in cross section and arrayed in a
pattern similar to bowling pins (or red snooker balls) - but
with gaps between them. The advantage over square
columns is that they would provide a much wider viewing
angle without slices of the other images interfering. |
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I only used the public space term to get across the point
that this is
a large outdoor exhibit rather than something cosseted
away somewhere. I agree this would certainly be suitable
for large corporate courtyards which would still fit the bill
as public space. I actually sort of share [8th's] implied
enmity towards public funding of these grand, try-hard
artistic installations. |
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After [2 fries] comment, I decided that each
inner concentric ring or tier should be slightly larger than
the preceding outer ring to allow for
perspective. There would be 3 tiers or triangular rings
surrounding the largest
centre pillar. |
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