The Great Eye by Hudson Architects and Ben Coode-Adams
The surrounding countryside is projected onto the ceiling of this reed-covered tower that Hudson Architects and artist Ben Coode-Adams have installed in a field in Norfolk, England.
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Entitled The Great Eye, the small, temporary structure functions as a camera obscura that visitors can climb up inside using a hidden staircase.
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Mirrors surround the wooden legs of the tower, so that it from afar it appears to be hovering in midair.
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The structure is one of over 30 site-specific projects completed for Cley 2012, a contemporary arts festival taking place in and around a quiet village on the east coast of England.
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Other projects on Dezeen from the Norfolk countryside include a barn extension with chunky chipboard walls and a mill-keeper’s house clad with charred timber.
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Photography is by Raven Cozens-Hardy.
Here's some information from the festival organisers:
The Great Eye by Hudson Architects
This is The Great Eye - a new art installation by Hudson Architects.
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A camera obscura that appears to float in mid-air, it stands near the village of Cley in north Norfolk and forms part of the Cley 12 Aisle and Air exhibition project, which runs from 5 July to 5 August.
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The Great Eye evokes the memory of coastal buildings that have disappeared at Salthouse and Cley - whether undermined, eroded or demolished by the sea. It also reflects on church towers that appear so frequently in the Norfolk skyline.
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Seen from a distance the tower appears to be floating in mid-air, creating an ambiguous relationship with the ground that Hudson Architects intend to reflect the shifting nature of the north Norfolk coastal landscape over time.
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The tower is built from timber and is clad with local reeds, supported by timber supports behind a series of mirrors that reflect the sky.
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Concealed inside the tower is a camera obscura which reverses the viewer's gaze. The Great Eye was built by artist and sculptor Ben Coode-Adams.