Site plan view... as seen from straight overhead. Click on image for larger view.
Not Parallel
© Stuart Williams. All rights reserved.
Nevada or Utah Desert (150 meters x 120 meters)
PROPOSED PROJECT
Altered Perspective: In the vast desert plains of the American Southwest assumptions of perspective are altered in unfamiliar ways. Five 150 meter long white industrial nylon cables are each stretched in high tension between sturdy anchor posts. Like perfectly straight white chalk lines hovering just above the desert floor, they are arranged in a fan-like, radiating formation (like the spread fingers of a hand). When viewed from the “finger tip” end of the array, they appear to span much farther into the distance than when viewed from the opposite end.
© Stuart Williams. All rights reserved.
Nevada or Utah Desert (150 meters x 120 meters)
PROPOSED PROJECT
Altered Perspective: In the vast desert plains of the American Southwest assumptions of perspective are altered in unfamiliar ways. Five 150 meter long white industrial nylon cables are each stretched in high tension between sturdy anchor posts. Like perfectly straight white chalk lines hovering just above the desert floor, they are arranged in a fan-like, radiating formation (like the spread fingers of a hand). When viewed from the “finger tip” end of the array, they appear to span much farther into the distance than when viewed from the opposite end.
View looking North. From this vantage point the 5 lengths of the array appear to be longer than they actually are. Because they are not parallel, but are installed in a fan-like formation, the actual distance between them progressively decreases as they recede into the distance. This creates an "exaggerated and misleading" perspective causing them to appear to run much farther into the distance than they really do.
View looking South. From this opposite vantage point, the five lengths of the array appear not to span nearly as far into the distance.