Weird and lovely taxidermy from Jun Takahashi

Striking images from Jun Takahashi's "Undercover Grace" show in Tokyo.

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erzatsen

the cross-your-eyes-ery is exactly what reveals that this is not a stereogram.
i wish it was, because this would be a good model for it.

i poked around a bit at that flash site, but i wasn’t able to find this image, or any others like it. (and jamie doesn’t bother to include a useful link, either)
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  Dude,
  
  It’s a stereogram. I can see it.
  - erzatsen
    
    well, ok, yes, the images lock-up with an eye cross.
    but they are just the same image.
    are you seeing those left arms out in front of the dress?
    are you seeing the background seem behind?
    
    here is an example of a cross-your-eyes stereogram with depth
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/ersatzen/4132170598/in/set-72157622870355358/
    - Antinous / Moderator
      
      It definitely appears 3D to me. It’s not a particularly dramatic effect, probably because the image is so monochromatic, but moving my head side to side confirms it.
christalm

erszaten and I are right. No parallax, no stereogram. As if you held your finger over a distant object and quickly switched your view from one eye to the other, there should be a shift of what your finger covers in the background. Now, in the two photos, look at the tip of the smallest finger closest to you and the fold of the dress just behind it. It touches the exact same pixel of that dress detail in both photos. No shift, no parallax, no stereogram.
Anonymous

Mandelbulb?
Little John

Personally, I think all taxidermy is weird.
Anonymous

er … that’s a swell Flash(tm) interface, but what do i need to click on to see the images?
mo-seph

Stereoscopic!
Anonymous

@3 You’re right that puting the same image side by side does not make it stereoscopic, but I don’t think these are the same image. Cross your eyes and watch the image “pop” out at you.
christalm

Putting the same photo beside itself does not make a stereo pair. I could make similar statments about “wierd” and “taxidermy” not making worthwhile art.
Anonymous

yeah! ..mo-seph. i wish more artists would post stereograms (for those of us with the knack born of years of molecular modeling)