Yesterday i sneaked out of Conflux, took the subway to Chelsea and checked out Fabrication, Daniel Rozin‘s solo exhibition at bitforms gallery. Rozin’s work is all about mirrors. Interactive mirrors. I’m a bit tired of seeing interactive mirrors all over the place so i was not prepared to be amazed like i was.

The Weave Mirror is particularly striking. 768 motorized and laminated C-shaped prints are assembled on a flat surface that looks like one of a big weaved basket. As you approach, the surface comes to life with little clacking sounds, and paints your portraits using a gradual rotation in greyscale value on each C-ring. The reactions of the installation are quite fast, you can see your reflection on the surface nearly in real time. The sculpture is suspended from the ceiling and if you walk around it you can see its functional circuitry and wiring.

Much more subtle, the Peg Mirror is made of 650 circular wooden pieces that are cut on an angle. Casting shadows by twisting and rotating, the wooden pegs surround a nearly imperceptible camera. The image produced is generated by a custom-built software that processes video signals and breaks up imagery geometrically, seemingly pixel by pixel. The piece challenges notions about what constitutes a “digital object�. Video.

The Snow Mirror slowly re-creates your mirrored images by the congregation and accumulation of white snow flakes. The result is projected on a thin transparent fabric.

More images.
Fabrication runs until October 6, 2007.