If I was curator

perspective |pəˈspɛktɪv|

on this new post I wanted to talk about perspective, how from different views a variety of things can happen. The artists that I want to show I think that they have taken use of it very accurately.

noun
1 [ mass noun ] the art of representing three-dimensional objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other.• the appearance of viewed objects with regard to their relative position, distance from the viewer, etc.: a trick of perspective.• [ count noun ] a view or prospect.• Geometry the relation of two figures in the same plane, such that pairs of corresponding points lie on concurrent lines, and corresponding lines meet in collinear points.

2 a particular attitude towards or way of regarding something; a point of view: most guidebook history is written from the editor's perspective.
• [ mass noun ] true understanding of the relative importance of things; a sense of proportion: we must keep a sense of perspective about what he's done | though these figures shock, they need to be put into perspective .

3 an apparent spatial distribution in perceived sound.

Utah architecture students

perspective arch

Zac Stott | Drew Whitehead | Stephen Stewart

this colorful arch plays with our visual perception: when half of it stands 200 yards away from the other half, viewing it from a very specific point made it look like it was actually covering the whole distance, creating the strange vision of a giant gate standing in the middle of the Salt Flats.

perspective poles

Joshua Weber | Robert Tranter | Nate White

two series of black poles, carefully lined up on the Salt, create the illusion of going all the way to the horizon (or further?) when seen from the right angle. this impression fades out as people start walking in the middle of the two rows, leaving us totally helpless to figure out the scale of the installation, people and space around...

purple monster

Mike Atherton | Simmi Chahal | Hannah Maher

3 purple rectangles, all positioned on the same plane (perpendicular to the viewer) give the impression of being placed at different distances because of their varying dimensions, position in height and fading color...