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Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004 - Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004 - Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004
Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004
Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004 - Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004 - Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004
Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004
Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004 - Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004 - Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
Camera obscura für die Donau, 2004
Spitz-Arnsdorf Reaction Ferry, Wachau, Austria, 2004
Photo: Christian Uchtmann / Studio Olafur Eliasson
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On a ferry that crosses the Danube, a double camera obscura was built, combining two devices in one construction. The cameras faced the banks of the river on either side of the ferry. Using a periscope system involving three mirrors per camera obscura, the two outside views were mirrored and projected onto two vertical screens inside the cabin.

 

Artwork details

Title

Camera obscura für die Donau

Year

2004

Materials

Lenses, stainless steel, wood, mirrors, foil