Practice question · Estimate
At roughly what height, in metres, does a standing form begin to read as another presence rather than as an object?
Estimate on a scale from 0 m (0) to 4 m (4).
Hints
- The threshold is the viewer's own scale.
- Around adult height.
Show the answer
1.7 (answers within ±0.4 count)
Why
Around 1.7 metres: that is, adult height, which is the point of the answer. The threshold is not a property of the sculpture at all; it is the viewer's own body, which is why the same object reads differently to a child.
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