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physical limitations of our eyes. Through his glasses, helmets and mirrors he gives us a different view of reality. Reversed Blinking is a cross between a pair of glasses and a photo camera. The machine has two shutters which open and close at great speed. The fleeting glimpse your eyes are able to take of the world outside is retained for a short while. This is not virtual reality that wants you to believe it is real; it is the real world that becomes a for-your-eyes-only image for just a few seconds.
JORDI PUIG A-ME
The young Spanish artist Jordi Puig, currently employed at the University of Oslo, is fascinated by augmented reality and the way the h uman brain works. His double fascination comes together in A-ME. The installation allows visitors to upload memories to an artificial brain. They
can also play back other people’s memories. With A-ME, Puig r esponds to the fact that sharing and posting personal information (online) has become part of our lives. The work also symbolises the current extensive analysis of brain activity to explain human behaviour.
LUCAS MAASSEN VALERIE, MY CRYSTAL SISTER
Valerie, My Crystal Sister is a crystal chandelier made by Eindhoven-based designer Lucas Maassen. The project departed from a question: is it possible to use the biological process that created me as a design process to create an object? For the answer, Maassen first crystallised some synthetic DNA fragments, which he took from his parents. He then produced a magnified version of this crystal. One thousand such pieces now form a crystal chandelier that