transforms the acoustic mirroring of Narcissus and Echo into visual form. Narcissus gives up his body to his mirror image. The “self" becomes another (body). His own movements are only an illusionary echo. As the observer approaches the mirror, he is confronted with a mirror image that does not correspond to his normal perception of things. He sees himself as an impression, as a body with strangely displaced movement sequences and, ultimately, as an image in the mirror that smashes as soon as he comes too close. He is unable to touch himself. A small camera hidden in the picture frame is used to place the observer in the image. The computer-controlled projection surface is controlled by an algorithm that calculates the distance to the observer. Rigid Waves is a virtual mirror which does not reflect but rather recognizes. Sight and movement, approaching and distance are triggers for the unusual images. This is an attempt to see oneself from the outside, to stand side by side with oneself and to discover other, hidden "selfs." In this fractured mirror, we are able to find ourselves, our “self" has been liberated. But how will I ever recognize myself again?14
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