I visited the Tangent Contemporary Art Gallery in downtown
San Francisco. One of their ‘reverspective’ window pieces caught my eye and
inspired me to further explore the type of art in their gallery.
From the curator, I learned that stimulus like light, and
environment, wall color, may influence greatly how the art is perceived. In my
previous psychology class on sensation and perception, different visual cues can alter the focal
image, thus it makes sense that the environment is very important and needs to
be considered for a ‘reverspective’ art piece. Additionally, there is research
that supports the fact that the absence of specific painted cues can affect how
the art piece is perceived (Papathomas 525).
This art exhibit inspired me to make lots of connection my
major of psychobiology. The concept of binocular cues is important in viewing
the art at this gallery. If I closed one eye, the perceived image will lose the
aspect of depth. Binocular disparity is the result of this, and often times we
need visual information from both our eyes to view pieces like Hughes’ ‘reverspectives’
(Rogers & Gyani 342).
Then there were pieces like the face that looked like it had
lots of depth, but it was in fact a lot more flat than I expect. This is due to
relative visual depth. In my experience, human faces have a certain depth and
size, and thus when given the proper focal image, I will assume so (Rogers
& Graham 134).
Overall, it was a very cool experience to see how perception
plays in such well thought out art.
Sources:
Papathomas, Thomas V. "Experiments on the role of
painted cues in Hughes's reverspectives." Perception 31.5 (2002): 521-530.
Rogers, Brian, and Maureen Graham. "Motion parallax as
an independent cue for depth perception." Perception 8.2 (1979): 125-134.
Rogers, Brian, and Alex Gyani. "Binocular disparities,
motion parallax, and geometric perspective in Patrick Hughes's
‘reverspectives’: Theoretical analysis and empirical findings." Perception
39.3 (2010): 330-348.
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