OBS-ART-026
Shirazeh Houshiary — Shadow as Structure
Shadow as Structure
OBS-ART-026
Surface and Reflection
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OBS-ART-026
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Shirazeh Houshiary
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shadow • fade • line

Shadow as Structure

Shirazeh Houshiary — Shadow as Structure

Shadow organizes spatial relation.

Form is clarified indirectly.

Structure persists.

How does relation organize?

Shadow often follows form, yet it leads here.

Spatial relations clarify indirectly.

What continues is structure articulated without substance.

Structural Concepts

Surface and Reflection
Surface mediates perception through reflection, depth, and optical effect.
Light
Illumination that reveals, conceals, or reshapes form.
Boundary
The limit where one form, field, or space meets another.
Perception
The way structure is registered by the eye and mind.
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