ExR3

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∃x⊂ℝ³∶∀x′⊂ℝ³∶(‖x-x′‖<Ɛ)→(f(x)>f(x′)) by Elliot Woods and Kyle McDonald. ExR3 is an a anamorphic analogue interactive installation that exists coherently in a fractured, mirrored version of a reflected room visible from four points within the real space. Standing in one of the four points, visitors see an abstract representation of the first four dimensions: a blue circle, a red line, a yellow square, a black cube. Pieces of every shape are visible from other positions, but appear chaotic. Similarly, the shapes in the real space seem to explode randomly from the mirrors due to the projective geometry. But there exist some positions in the real space that become completely coherent.
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source: thecreatorsprojectvice

Sometimes all it takes is just a little shift in perspective to reveal surprising and illuminating insights. In the case of ExR3, a new installation from media artists Kyle McDonald and Elliot Woods, which debuted at NODE 2013 in Frankfurt, Germany last week, hundreds of rotating mirrored squares reflect and refract geometric shapes and patterns as viewers move through the gallery space.

The effect is playful and surprising as the viewer explores the space to discover a multiplicity of differing forms and realize that this seemingly haphazard arrangement of mirrors is anything but accidental. ’To realise the project, McDonald and Woods designed an algorithm to determine where to place the mirrored pieces in order to achieve a variety of shapes.
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source: creativeapplicationsnet

ExR3 (∃x⊂ℝ³∶∀x′⊂ℝ³∶(‖x-x′‖<Ɛ)→(f(x)>f(x′))) is an a anamorphic analogue interactive installation created by Elliot Woods and Kyle McDonald and presented at NODE Forum earlier this year. Using digital techniques the installation occupies the main space of Frankfurter Kunstvertein existing coherently in a fractured, mirrored version of a reflected room visible from four points within the real space.

Standing in one of the four points, visitors see an abstract representation of the first four dimensions: a blue circle, a red line, a yellow square, a black cube. Pieces of every shape are visible from other positions, but appear chaotic. Similarly, the shapes in the real space seem to explode randomly from the mirrors due to the projective geometry. But there exist some positions in the real space that become completely coherent.

CAN was at NODE Forum and got a chance to speak to Kyle about the installation. The most intriguing part of the project to CAN is the process of how the installation was constructed. Whereas to the viewer the current exhibit is a unified experience, ie dots on the floor indicate where the installation should be viewed from to see the fully reconstructed shape, Elliot and Kyle used the projectors to ‘design’ where the exploded reflections in the room would be positioned. In other words, the decisions of the relationships between viewer > mirror > projection were produced for the space on the day of install. A different space would result in different projections around the space.