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2026: Mirage 

Design Team: Tornado Soup: Andrew Clark
(USA)

Description

Five framed openings facing the lake offer a glimpse into a blend of reality and deception. One of the openings reveals the truth, while the others show mirages, pieces of the surroundings, stripped of context, confusing distance and direction. Through periscope-like mirrors, set at 45-degree angles, those who pass through experience the ground, the sky, the boardwalk, and themselves before finally seeing the true image ahead of them: the lifeguard chair and the lake.

Each opening is cut to familiar digital proportions. The visual ratios of 9:16, 1:1, 2:3, and 4:5 suggest a fabrication akin to the deception of the virtual world, yet here these ratios frame physical realities like air, water, light, and oneself.

From a distance, the pale blue walls and repetitive red frames appear as a fractured mirage of the lifeguard chair and lake beyond. The structure blurs between object and atmosphere.

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