Cuneo Camera Obscura
Camera obscura printed images onto glassware
Collaboration between Borda, ZooArt2 12, and Stefano Venezia
2012
Camera obscura printed images onto glassware
Collaboration between Borda, ZooArt2 12, and Stefano Venezia
2012
The camera obscura (Latin for darkened chamber) usually takes the form a darkened enclosure in which light is admitted through a small aperture or lens onto a facing surface. An inverted image from the outside world appears projected against the surface. The camera obscura was through the Renaissance to the mid-19th Century the primary tool for the practice of observation, and was the forerunner of the modern photographic camera.
In this installation a temporary hand held camera obscura was avallable to the public to handle and use. With no built in mechanism from which to record the content - the viewer was left to enjoy the experience of what was projected on the screen and.or to partake in the photographic activity (by using their own photo device to create a take-away document) of the experience.
As part of the installation a number of civic views from Cuneo were captured and printed from the camera obscura onto the glassware dinnerware plates.
REVIEW
2012
Zoo Arte Sculptural Biennale, Cuneo, Italy (catalogue)
In this installation a temporary hand held camera obscura was avallable to the public to handle and use. With no built in mechanism from which to record the content - the viewer was left to enjoy the experience of what was projected on the screen and.or to partake in the photographic activity (by using their own photo device to create a take-away document) of the experience.
As part of the installation a number of civic views from Cuneo were captured and printed from the camera obscura onto the glassware dinnerware plates.
REVIEW
2012
Zoo Arte Sculptural Biennale, Cuneo, Italy (catalogue)