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Linda K Schinkel and Theodore M Schinkel
Mirror, Self Portraits

2021

About the Item

The artists selected their medium, Metalamirror™, for this work, a self portrait, exposing their inner fears and desires. Look deeply and viewers find more than what meets one's eye. Viewers actually join the artists mirroring back and becoming a part of the art, affirming rich interconnectedness between the artists and audience. The work, interactive and alive, was created using the artists' made by hand one of a kind original artist process, known as Metalamirror™. Developed at the intersection of art + science, the artists use old world techniques + 21st century technology to create a sculptural layer + an aligned hand made silver mirror layer. A dimensional 3D (despite being layered 2D) interactive experience is realized. The work appears differently from 180 degrees and at varying angles of incidence. Lighting and changing environment impacts the work with photons dancing across the hand made layered work. The artists' work demonstrates philosopher Marshall McLuhan's theorem, "The medium is the message'". This work was made in the artists' studio in former Moross House Museum, the oldest brick dwelling in Detroit, MI, Circa 1840.
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