MARTINNOVAK

Laterna Magica

Laterna Magica is an installation work dedicated to concept of magic lantern and the illusion they create with lenses and light by projecting ethereal images. My work is an exploration and personal take on the technology creating visual illusions by 2 open enclosures holding set of lenses, light and slides. The lanterns are positioned against each other separated by set of translucent screens. The image from each lantern is projected through lenses and on set of shear screens. The screens filter the images and when the two images finally combine on the center screen they are barely visible. Laterna Magica is expression of the imaginative space created by the illusive images.