P3D Re: Boris's Brandi phantogram

[boris@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Boris Starosta)]

>From: jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Gabriel Jacob)
...
>Awhile back there was a discussion about Boris's unique
>phantogram. I purchased a copy of the 1:4 (13x23") poster
...
>the 1:4 version I wondered why not make a anaglyph slide
>version? The advantage would be that it could be projected
>with a regular 2-D projector and could be projected to the

I have already done a slide of the full size Brandi phantogram which
somewhat fullfills your idea.  Actually, it does even more than at first
meets the eye.  Entitled "Shooting SURPRISE," the slide shows the maker of
the phantogram in the studio, photographing his subject.  But the subject
is just a three-dimensional image formed by... you guessed it, the
life-size phantogram print SURPRISE lying on the floor.

So there are two ways to view the slide: 1. view like any stereo pair, and
see the maker with his 3x7 foot print lying on the floor, or 2. view with
anaglyph glasses, and see the maker with the subject of the same print
sitting on the paper in front of his camera!

With all the talk of Escher in recent digests, the alert reader will
recognize a distinctly Escherian flavor in this image.  Utilizing a Strange
Loop of logic, as Escher did for many of his works, to create a
self-referential "dual format" slide... I couldn't pass up the opportunity.
The slide tells a paradox:  I am photographing the phantogram's three
dimensional image, in order to subsequently produce the phantogram - now
you get to say, "so that's how he did it!"

I have obtained Brandi's permission to publish this image on the net, so
you will all see it soon.


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