Time Mirror is an interactive kaleidoscope that allows audiences of all ages to experience and capture their surroundings in an abstract way.
Commission
Di created Time Mirror as one of six artworks commissioned by Lakes Ignite 2018 to celebrate the Lake District becoming a UNESCO world heritage site. Originally sited at Blackwell Arts and Crafts House overlooking Lake Windermere, Time Mirror moved to Grizedale Sculpture Park in Autumn 2019.
Experience
Time Mirror allows audiences of all ages to experience and capture the surrounding landscape in an experimental way. Time Mirror is ‘Blackwell Blue’ inspired by the blue peacock frieze and tiles inside Blackwell House where it was first commissioned. Participants rotate the device to animate the panorama and create their own unique experience. As they peer through the viewfinder, the abstracted, transient landscape can be captured using a mobile phone or camera.
Time Mirror is a large tessellated funnel-shaped structure. The exterior of the funnel is robust and water-resistant, fashioned out of colourful powder-coated steel that pops from the surrounding landscape, and its interior is fashioned out of polished metal that behaves like a mirror. The funnel can spin 360 degrees to reflect the landscape. The six kaleidoscopic viewfinders point in different directions to capture different elements of the panorama. Two reflect the ground, another pair see the middle distance, and the final two mirror clouds in the sky or the stars at night.
Tour
2022 Available for tour
2019 Grizedale Sculpture Park
2018 Blackwell Arts and Crafts House
Partners
Lakes Ignite
Full credits below
