"We wanted to be as spontaneous as possible in the play of reflections," Mr. Arslan said.
Here Ms. Semmel seems less interested in the dummies themselves than in the glass that separates them from the outside world, but which also undermines, through the play of reflections, the viewer's ability to identify inside and outside.
Over the years there have been developments in technique, subtle though they are: blues and greens begin to take over from reds, and for the first time in recent work he allows diffused light and the play of reflections to compromise the perfect precision of his compositions.
Entry is through a deep porch with a pool designed to cool the air and to create a play of reflections and shadows.
The shorts — which included Stan Brakhage's "The Wonder Ring" (1955), and Frank Kuenstler's "El Atlantis" (1973) — were wonderfully immediate reminders of the beauty the subway can afford, especially as it travels above ground: the street views, winding lines of track, ruin-worthy station structures, and plays of reflection and shadow.
The shorts which included Stan Brakhage's "The Wonder Ring" (1955), and Frank Kuenstler's "El Atlantis" (1973)—were wonderfully immediate reminders of the beauty the subway can afford, especially as it travels above ground: the street views, winding lines of track, ruin-worthy station structures, and plays of reflection and shadow.
In many of its features, it prefigures the Branly: a glass wall at the height of the neighboring buildings, to separate the complex from the sidewalk and maintain the continuity of the streetscape; a building set back in a garden; and an elaborate play of the reflections of trees on glass.
For the only time in his life, the tension of the occasion got to Bradman and he could not watch the closing stages of play, a reflection of the pressure that he felt all tour: he described the captaincy as "exhausting" and said he "found it difficult to keep going".
Also, place of reflection".
