Jim Charter wrote:
>A "fata morgana" is a mirage that looks like a castle.
>
>Here a simple idea creates a rich effect.
>
>The eye restlessly moves between the architectural model
>and the mirage trying to confirm their relationship.
>The model is cutaway, the mirage is cropped, throwing
>the viewer into an endless cycle of comparisons between
>the two. Mediating between these architectural fragments
>is a tall window and its casing. The simple marble
>texture and detailing are enough to induce the ennui of
>a warm afternoon. This picture is a wonderful meditation
>on the meaning of architecture, as artifice, as desire,
>as history, as popular concept...  But it goes further.
>
>Exploring the notion of a model and the mental image
>that it might conjure, it binds at once the processes
>of architecture, raytracing, and perception itself.
>We are shown the tension between design and effect,
>model and concept, synthesis and mimesis, or what we
>know vs what we see.
>
>The fascinating text which accompanies the picture
>demonstrates a deep familiarity with the topic.  But
>with it something was lost: the compelling enigma
>created within the image alone.
>
>-Jim

Ummm, yeah.. I was going to say that!

I liked this one, good image, and I liked the concept, showing both the
structure and the development of it.

RG

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