Comparator Mirror — Object

"This project reconsiders the comparator mirror, a mechanical device that was invented during the rise of optics in the 18th century and was used to assist in painting realistic depictions of life, within a contemporary context. Informed both by the history of optics and by postmodern theories of subjectivity,... The result is a reinterpreted comparator mirror that positions the optical sciences as itself a romantic, poetic form of subjectivity and sight."