French sculptor Paul Pacotto created a series of sculptures, then illuminates them by projecting light towards them, allowing shadow characters to appear behind them.
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Magic Angle Shadow Sculptures by John V. Muntean
Scientist and artist John V. Muntean created these amazing hand-carved wooden sculptures where each sculpture contains three images and appear to be abstract forms, but when lit from certain angles, cast shadows of distinct forms and figures.
"A Magic Angle Sculpture appears to be nothing more than an abstract wooden carving, skewered with a rod and mounted on a base. However, when lit from above and rotated at the magic angle (54.74º) it will cast three alternating shadows. Every 120º of rotation, the amorphous shadows evolve into independent forms. Our scientific interpretation of nature often depends upon our point of view. Perspective matters."
All images are © Copyright of John V. Muntean
Check his website: http://www.jvmuntean.com/
"A Magic Angle Sculpture appears to be nothing more than an abstract wooden carving, skewered with a rod and mounted on a base. However, when lit from above and rotated at the magic angle (54.74º) it will cast three alternating shadows. Every 120º of rotation, the amorphous shadows evolve into independent forms. Our scientific interpretation of nature often depends upon our point of view. Perspective matters."
All images are © Copyright of John V. Muntean
Check his website: http://www.jvmuntean.com/
Dancing Shadow Sculptures by Dpt. and Laurent Craste
Ceramacist Laurent Craste and digital agency Dpt. created this interactive art installation called 'Parade', for the Chromatic festival in Montreal.
"The installation consists in an imposing wooden cube. A lamp attached to the top of the structure dimly lights a livid and stripped scene where two porcelain vases lie on a white dresser. The lighting highlights their shadows on the wall. As soon as someone pushes the lightbulb, the shadows of the vases come to life and animate, as if by magic, to the rhythm of the swinging light source."
"There is indeed a hidden projector, and we are tracking the yellow light, getting coordinates (X, Y, Z) that are reproduced in a 3D environment (Unity 3D) in real time. Generating the visuals with a real hanging light would not have allowed for the same element of surprise/magic that we were able to achieve with these more intricate animations, we would just have had static shadows following the light source."
"The installation consists in an imposing wooden cube. A lamp attached to the top of the structure dimly lights a livid and stripped scene where two porcelain vases lie on a white dresser. The lighting highlights their shadows on the wall. As soon as someone pushes the lightbulb, the shadows of the vases come to life and animate, as if by magic, to the rhythm of the swinging light source."
"There is indeed a hidden projector, and we are tracking the yellow light, getting coordinates (X, Y, Z) that are reproduced in a 3D environment (Unity 3D) in real time. Generating the visuals with a real hanging light would not have allowed for the same element of surprise/magic that we were able to achieve with these more intricate animations, we would just have had static shadows following the light source."
Shadow Artworks by Teodosio Sectio Aurea
Greek artist Tedosio Sectio Aurea creates iron sculptures that when lit from the precise angle, creates an unexpectable shadow, which is always philosophically connected with it's original source.
"Sakura" in Japanese means Cherry Tree. It's flowers are a symbol of aesthetics and a praise to the feminine beauty but also a sign of good luck, an emblem of love ...Through many centuries in the past and even nowadays, poets, musicians and painters have been and are being inspired by these magical trees...
And so, just like them, inspired and mesmerized by the absolute beauty of the blossomed cherry flowers, Teodosio Sectio Aurea gives Life to old pieces of iron and "paints" in his own unique way, a piece of art...Akina (spring flower), using as "paint" the shadows casted by the branches...the impressive blossomed flowers..and the trees' trunk...
Leonardo Da Vinci's famous sketch, which was made approximately during the 1490's. This design is often being used as an implied symbol of the essential symmetry of the human body, and more extensively, of the universe itself as whole....
In 2013, to honor this epitome of an artist, Teodosio Sectio Aurea creates an enigmatic, DNA type puzzle, consisted of 350 small, metallic balls to create a synthesis of light and shadow on your wall....
Check his website: http://teodosio.gr/artwork.html
"Sakura" in Japanese means Cherry Tree. It's flowers are a symbol of aesthetics and a praise to the feminine beauty but also a sign of good luck, an emblem of love ...Through many centuries in the past and even nowadays, poets, musicians and painters have been and are being inspired by these magical trees...
And so, just like them, inspired and mesmerized by the absolute beauty of the blossomed cherry flowers, Teodosio Sectio Aurea gives Life to old pieces of iron and "paints" in his own unique way, a piece of art...Akina (spring flower), using as "paint" the shadows casted by the branches...the impressive blossomed flowers..and the trees' trunk...
Leonardo Da Vinci's famous sketch, which was made approximately during the 1490's. This design is often being used as an implied symbol of the essential symmetry of the human body, and more extensively, of the universe itself as whole....
In 2013, to honor this epitome of an artist, Teodosio Sectio Aurea creates an enigmatic, DNA type puzzle, consisted of 350 small, metallic balls to create a synthesis of light and shadow on your wall....
Check his website: http://teodosio.gr/artwork.html
Incredible Shadow Art by Fabrizio Corneli
Italian artist Fabrizio Corneli creates these mind-boggling artworks with projections of light.
"Light is energy which creates forms.”
Check his website: http://www.fabriziocorneli.com/
Images taken from here
"Light is energy which creates forms.”
Check his website: http://www.fabriziocorneli.com/
Images taken from here
Multi Layered 3D Sculptures by Michael Murphy
Georgia-based artist Michael Murphy creates these amazing multi-layered sculptures - a series of dissected layers, forming a figure when viewed from the right angle.
Murphy's 3D hanging sculptures appear as if they're paintings if you stand in the front of them, but from other angles you'll see the layered pieces that are hung and stacked on top of one another, creating the illusion of behing a cohesive, flat whole.
In addition to the optical illusions he creates, Murphy works in a variety of mediums that include nail portraits, wire sculptures, sound installations, and shadow portraits.
Composed of 40 hand-cut wooden plates that are individually suspended from a wood and steel frame, “In God We Trust” creates the illusion that you’re looking at one large Christian cross. Taken as a whole, the sculpture is an illustration of the relationship between church and state in contemporary American politics.
"Inspired by the show title 'E Pluribus Unum,' the work is literally one larger whole composed of many parts. E Pluribus Unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States until 1956 when Congress adopted 'In God We Trust' as the official motto. Currently the motto can be found on American currency, license plates, in the lyrics of the Star Spangled banner, on the Pennsylvania State Capitol, on the flag of Georgia, on the flag of Florida and numerous other government owned structures and documents."
"Many have questioned the legality of this motto because they state that it violates United States Constitution which forbids the government from passing any law respecting the establishment of a religion. Critics contend that the use of the motto by the United States government is a direct violation of the First Amendment and the Separation of Church and State. It promotes theistic religion at the expense of a non theistic and secular worldview. It promotes the belief in a singular deity in a country that is presumably polytheistic. In short, America is not a Christian nation and the lives of millions of it's citizens are affected by Christian ideology every day. The motto reinforces this problem."
Red Cross for Health care Reform
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Wire portrait of President Barack Obama
Shadow portrait of President Barack Obama
Bamboo portrait of Moses Collins
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People's Memorial to Martin Luther King
Check his website: http://mmike.com/
Murphy's 3D hanging sculptures appear as if they're paintings if you stand in the front of them, but from other angles you'll see the layered pieces that are hung and stacked on top of one another, creating the illusion of behing a cohesive, flat whole.
In addition to the optical illusions he creates, Murphy works in a variety of mediums that include nail portraits, wire sculptures, sound installations, and shadow portraits.
Composed of 40 hand-cut wooden plates that are individually suspended from a wood and steel frame, “In God We Trust” creates the illusion that you’re looking at one large Christian cross. Taken as a whole, the sculpture is an illustration of the relationship between church and state in contemporary American politics.
"Inspired by the show title 'E Pluribus Unum,' the work is literally one larger whole composed of many parts. E Pluribus Unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States until 1956 when Congress adopted 'In God We Trust' as the official motto. Currently the motto can be found on American currency, license plates, in the lyrics of the Star Spangled banner, on the Pennsylvania State Capitol, on the flag of Georgia, on the flag of Florida and numerous other government owned structures and documents."
"Many have questioned the legality of this motto because they state that it violates United States Constitution which forbids the government from passing any law respecting the establishment of a religion. Critics contend that the use of the motto by the United States government is a direct violation of the First Amendment and the Separation of Church and State. It promotes theistic religion at the expense of a non theistic and secular worldview. It promotes the belief in a singular deity in a country that is presumably polytheistic. In short, America is not a Christian nation and the lives of millions of it's citizens are affected by Christian ideology every day. The motto reinforces this problem."
Red Cross for Health care Reform
[link]
Wire portrait of President Barack Obama
Shadow portrait of President Barack Obama
Bamboo portrait of Moses Collins
[link]
[link]People's Memorial to Martin Luther King
Check his website: http://mmike.com/
