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Mind-Blowing Building Built From Thousands of Books

by , 08/05/10
filed under: Art, Recycled Materials

Scanner, Matej Kren, sustainable design, green design, book building, green architecture, recycled materials, environmental art, eco art

Says MAMbo: The narrow inside space, multiplied and complicated by mirrors, evoke a sensation of sublime terror, an alteration referring to a puzzling infinity itself created to destabilize conventional spatial habits. Mirrors become an instrument to create illusion and, at the same time, to unmask it. Since the public can easily see themselves reflected in a false infinite – thus discovering the illusion – the problem becomes the latency of perception.

Sounds very intellectually satisfying.

+ Matej Kren

+ MAMbo

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4 Responses to “Mind-Blowing Building Built From Thousands of Books”

  1. dylanfllr dylanfllr says:

    I saw a very similar installation in prague last year, but on a smaller scale. Link http://www.flickr.com/photos/33774108@N03/4099248766/in/set-72157622794009490/
    same person?

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