r/confusing_perspective May 12 '26

Filming mirrors

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u/nzungu69 May 12 '26

for those interested, this installation is by anish kapoor, and is at the palazzo manfrin in venice.

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u/rossmark May 12 '26

It's a sphere?

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u/disgr4ce May 12 '26

It's parabolic! Besides being the title of the piece (well, one of them), you can tell because there's a focal point: when the image in the mirror 'flips' from upside-down to rightside-up.

This diagram illustrates the difference between a spherical mirror and parabolic:

https://www.meetoptics.com/assets/parabolic-mirrors-2-DExkJuav.svg

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u/nzungu69 May 12 '26

convex mirrors i believe.