One reflects its surroundings while letting visitors see through. The other multiplies light and moving images into what seems like an endless space.
At the light festival LUMENOCITY in Cape Town, two GiantMirror installations create two very different experiences. Transparent mirror foil covers the geometric Dodecahedron, while the full mirror version turns Futurescope into a walk-through kaleidoscope.
The Dodecahedron is hard to miss. LED strips trace the edges of the 12-sided structure, while semi-transparent mirror foil fills its pentagonal faces.
The GiantMirror does something a conventional mirror cannot: it combines reflections with views into and through the structure. As visitors move around it, changing angles and light continuously alter what they see.
Flame-retardant Molton and Universal 250 BB conceal the trussing and base, keeping attention on the illuminated geometry above.
Futurescope takes a different approach. Here, visitors step inside a mirrored passage lined with GiantMirror Full Mirror Silver.
An LED screen at the end provides moving digital content. Reflected again and again across the mirror surfaces, the imagery makes the installation appear to extend far beyond its actual dimensions.
A ScreenFrame structure shapes the walk-through kaleidoscope, with black masking fabric concealing the supporting structure. Glossy event flooring continues the reflections across the ground and completes the mirrored environment.
From the open reflections of the Dodecahedron to the repeated imagery inside Futurescope, the two installations show how the choice of mirror finish can completely change an experience.
Transparent, reflective or somewhere in between? ShowTex GiantMirror foils can be combined with light, video and custom structures to create anything from geometric features to walk-through installations.
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