Practice question · Put in order
Arrange these operations on a familiar object by how far they depart from its known scale.
- Enlarged to building size, monumental and absurd at once
- Enlarged enough that its form becomes visible as form
- Slightly enlarged, so the change is barely registered
- Shown at its own size
Hints
- The sequence runs by degree of departure.
- The Oldenburg case is the extreme.
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- Shown at its own size
- Slightly enlarged, so the change is barely registered
- Enlarged enough that its form becomes visible as form
- Enlarged to building size, monumental and absurd at once
Why
The second step is the least useful and worth noticing: a slight enlargement reads as an error rather than as a decision, because the viewer corrects it against what they know. The operation only starts working once the departure is unmistakable.
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