Weave Mirror neglects glass, stuns onlookers

Rest assured, we've seen some pretty fancy mirrors in our day, but Daniel Rozin's Weave Mirror ranks pretty high up there. This zany installation relies on "768 motorized and laminated C-shaped prints along the surface of a picture plane that texturally mimics a homespun basket," and as curious mortals approach it, it "paints a picture of them using a gradual rotation in greyscale value on each C-ring." We know, you're probably still confounded at how this thing actually wows anyone, but give the video (posted after the jump) a peek and clarity will be yours.

[Via WeMakeMoneyNotArt]

[jixbon @ Sep 17th 2007 3:36AM]

It's umm... not exactly very quiet, is it.

[morcheeba @ Sep 17th 2007 9:48PM]

I think that adds to the beauty of it.

[bob @ Sep 17th 2007 3:39AM]

It's sort of like a giant DLP chip.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Sep 17th 2007 11:08PM]

Just add a colour wheel.

[Alvin @ Sep 17th 2007 3:44AM]

That's actually pretty cool. I didn't think it would "refresh" that quickly. There's also some really intriguing blue thing in the video that I'd like to see more of... (and a massive array of tilting pennies)

[dboobis @ Sep 20th 2007 12:22PM]

Um, is it supposed to already have a busted pixel (if that's what you would can one of the individual C-rings)?

[fuma @ Sep 17th 2007 4:19AM]

^^ yep, wood mirror has been around since 1999, I remember seeing it on some tech show years ago... I'm waiting for the brick mirror next though.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Sep 17th 2007 4:46AM]

Yep, and here is the obligatory video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1i2di0N508

[yoshi @ Sep 17th 2007 5:48AM]

The "mirroring" of a regular mirror has nothing to do with glass. It has to do with the paint on the backside of the glass.

[Tom @ Sep 17th 2007 7:07AM]

Less so the 'paint' as the metal, unless you mean the metal is painted on

[dcartguy @ Sep 17th 2007 7:35AM]

did I see a dead pixel on that "mirror" (bottom middle)?

[umm...hello?? @ Sep 17th 2007 2:31PM]

I was thinking the same thing, but I also thought maybe it was a camera??

[morcheeba @ Sep 17th 2007 9:52PM]

There's a little gap in the same column, but closer to the middle -- I think that's the camera.

[Ta @ Sep 17th 2007 7:43AM]

Old new but cool, this was from NYU TISCH Interactive Telecommunications Program prof, there has been one the 4th floor of the Tisch building (719 Broadway) for since at least 1998 or 1999.

[Natedog @ Sep 17th 2007 8:20AM]

Pfft... let me know when they come out with a 1080p mirror...

[Shahryar @ Sep 17th 2007 11:36AM]

lol

[cheezorg @ Sep 17th 2007 9:59AM]

They had one of these (or something similar?) on display at the Ben Franklin exhibit in Denver. Very cool.

[John M @ Sep 17th 2007 10:15AM]

Now thats cool!

[Timerider @ Sep 17th 2007 3:31PM]

Is that like this:

http://www.smoothware.com/danny/newshinyballsmirror.html

[passe-partout @ Sep 19th 2007 4:02PM]

The W Hotel in Seoul has had this in their lounge for 4 or 5 years now. Interesting to play with, but nothing new...

[tziktzik @ Sep 17th 2007 11:25PM]

Many more art projects by Daniel Rozin at http://www.itp.nyu.edu/danny