스위스 알프스에 우뚝 선 거울 집 video: Ranch-Style Mirrored House Is a Chameleon Among the Mountainous Swiss Alps
Ranch-Style Mirrored House Is a Chameleon Among the Mountainous Swiss Alps
By Sara Barnes on February 12, 2019
Artist Doug Aitken reflects the beauty of the Swiss Alps in his latest installation called Mirage Gstaad. Consisting of a ranch-style home completely clad in mirrors, the structure now sits with the snow-covered peaks in Gstaad, Switzerland. The surface camouflages it amidst the mountains and evergreen trees, and from afar, Mirage Gstaad is completely in-sync with the landscape and seemingly disappears. But like a real home, you can enter the building—which also boasts mirrored walls and a ceiling. The angular interior has a kaleidoscopic effect that bends light and creates unexpected reflections.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo by Stefan Altenburger.
스위스 알프스에 우뚝 선 거울 집 이 매력적인 예술가인 더그 아이트켄은 최근 미라지 그스타드라고 불리는 그의 설치 작품에서 스위스 알프스의 아름다움을 반영한다. 거울에 완전히 가려진 목장 스타일의 집으로 디자인된 이 건물은 현재 스위스 그스타드의 눈 덮인 봉우리와 함께 자리하고 있다. 표면은 산과 상록수 사이로 위장하고, 멀리서 바라본 미라지 그스타드는 풍경과 완전히 맞물려 없어 보인다. 하지만 진짜 집처럼 건물 안으로 들어갈 수 있는데, 이 건물에는 거울로 덮인 벽과 천장이 있다. 각진 내부는 빛을 굽히고 예상치 못한 반사를 일으키는 케일리도스코프 효과를 가지고 있다. 종종, 장면들은 그들이 공유하는 집에서 설정되며, 단순히 하는 것의 아름다움을 강조한다 이 거울 집은 20세기 초 캘리포니아 목장 설계를 본떠 만든 것이다. 건축가 프랭크 로이드 라이트(Frank Lloyd Wright)와 아메리칸 웨스트(American West)의 건축에 영감을 받은 아이트켄의 미라지 그스타드(Gstaad)의 의도는 이중적이다. 그것은 사람이 만든 물체에 의해 방해되는 무인도적 자연의 피드백 루프를 계속해서 만들어내고 있는 "에코실"이다. 게다가, 그것의 존재는 미국과 유럽의 전통을 상기시킨다. 아이트켄은 "그스타드의 비데마네트를 배경으로 한 미라지 그스타드는 가장 분명한 운명, 미국 서부의 생각을 유럽의 풍경과 숭고한 전통에 접촉하게 할 것"이라고 말했다. 황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터 큐레이터 Ki Cheol Hwang, conpaper editor, curator |
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This mirror house is modeled after the Californian ranch home design of the early 20th century. Inspired by architect Frank Lloyd Wright and the architecture of the American West, Aitken’s intention with Mirage Gstaad is two-fold. It’s an “echo chamber” that is continually creating a feedback loop of uninhabited nature yet one that has been interrupted by a human-made object. Additionally, its presence recalls traditions of both the U.S. and Europe. “Situated against the backdrop of Videmanette in Gstaad,” Aitken says, “Mirage Gstaad will bring the idea of the Manifest Destiny and the American West into contact with the European landscape and the tradition of the sublime.”
Aitken’s Mirage Gstadd is the third installment of this piece. Mirage was first placed in the desert outside of Palm Springs in 2017 and inside a former bank in Detroit in 2018. Its current setting is for ELEVATION 1049: Frequencies, which brought together international visual and performing artists from February 1 to 3, 2019. Aitken’s work will remain in the Alps for two years while “reflecting and interacting with the mountain landscape over the changing seasons.”
Artist Doug Aitken has installed his famous mirror house in the Swiss Alps.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Called Mirage Gstadd, it reflects the beauty of the mountainous landscape—inside and out.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo by Stefan Altenburger.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Mirage Gstaad will be on view for two years.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
Doug Aitken, Mirage Gstaad, 2019
Part of Elevation 1049: Frequencies, Gstaad, Switzerland.
Image courtesy of the Artist; Photo Torvioll Jashari.
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