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Three Ellipses for Three Locks
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Three Ellipses for Three Locks

anamorphic installation by Varini
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  • Scrots, William: anamorphic portrait of Edward VI
    anamorphosis

    …Varini—known for large-scale anamorphic installations—created Three Ellipses for Three Locks, for which he painted three ellipses, segments of which covered roads, walls, and nearly 100 buildings in the historic centre of the city of Hasselt, Belgium. The design became coherent only when viewed from a particular vantage point in the…

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    …Varini—known for large-scale anamorphic installations—created Three Ellipses for Three Locks, for which he painted three ellipses, segments of which covered roads, walls, and nearly 100 buildings in the historic centre of the city of Hasselt, Belgium. The design became coherent only when viewed from a particular vantage point in the…

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