How to Pull "The Raven" Out of a Hat.

The article presents an edited version of a lecture delivered by stage designer, animator and director István Orosz at the AGIdeas Festival in Melbourne, Australia on April 5, 2007. He was best known for his renewal of the technique of anamorphosis, which refers to works that were made distorted and...

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Published in:Hungarian Quarterly Vol. 48; no. 187; pp. 30 - 46
Main Author: Orosz, István
Format: Article
Published: Hungarian Quarterly Autumn2007
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Summary:The article presents an edited version of a lecture delivered by stage designer, animator and director István Orosz at the AGIdeas Festival in Melbourne, Australia on April 5, 2007. He was best known for his renewal of the technique of anamorphosis, which refers to works that were made distorted and unrecognizable through ingenious geometrical constructions but when viewed from a certain point, a hidden image appears in its true shape, that is, it undergoes retransformation.