Practice question · True or false
Once a form is pierced, its silhouette changes as the viewer moves, because the hole shifts against the background.
Hints
- Ask what you see through the hole from two positions.
- The aperture frames different things from different angles.
Show the answer
True
Why
True, and it is one of the effects piercing was for. The hole frames whatever is behind it, so moving changes the silhouette in a way a solid form cannot manage, which obliges the viewer to walk around the work rather than settle for a single view.
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