So says the ancient Hindu belief known as maya, or illusion: Reality is simply a construct in one's mind and doesn't exist in any objective sense.
They said they might even visit the current exhibition, "Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image," a mazelike show of often surreal video art.
In Pierre Corneille's 1634 play The Theatrical Illusion, reality, dream and theatre elide, leading to confusion and despair, but ultimately a father and son are brought together when the son appears with a touring theatrical troupe.
The entire second floor of the HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN in Washington went dark in February for Part 1 of its two-part film and video extravaganza, "THE CINEMA EFFECT: ILLUSION, REALITY AND THE MOVING IMAGE".
All is illusion, reality and paranoia, Mr. Rush says in a 116-minute documentary, "The Sinister Saga of Making 'The Stunt Man.' " The movie took 10 years to be made and distributed, and Mr. Rush leads an engaging if overlong tour of the process.
In a multi-layered referential conversation between component materials, I use the devices of kinetic sculptural installation and video projection to question art and illusion, reality and perception.
