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Fun translation experiment! In a recent batch of studies
that are up now at
95 Third, I tried to draw something that's impossible to see without moving one's head up and down, adding not only a third dimension to be translated, but the element of
time. A wide-angle lens photo would yield a fish-eyed image.
Drawing this ventures outside the realm of linear perspective. In the companion drawing to this, straight lines did end up curving. Trees don't have ruler-straight lines however, so where might a warp take place? I was curious. The
drawing only resembles the throne tree if you are standing an arm's length
away, when viewer's head must
also move to take in the whole picture. From across the room, the drawn tree appears stunted. It might only do justice to its subject in a constrained space, such as a stairwell landing or short hallway. There is a
line of inquiry about "correct"
viewing distance of
pictures that is informed by optics and constrained by the arm length of the
picture-maker.
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