An augmented reality installation on the fragility of human vision.
Inspired by palinopsia, a rare visual disorder, these two site-specific
installations question our perceptions of reality.

Disrupting the field of vision, they cause London’s tallest building The Shard, and
neighboring buildings of King’s College Guy’s Campus, to seem to fracture and repeat.

[ Click to view video at Vimeo ]

 

 

 

Fractured Visions: Multiplicities
(inspired by the syndrome of polyopia)

 

 

Fractured Visions: Diffusions
(inspired by the syndrome of illusory visual spread)

Viewing instructions and more >> AXNS Collective Fractured Visions website

 

Dr. Dominic ffytche:

Working with Tamiko Thiel has helped crystalise what I and others working in the field know about palinopsia
and, more importantly, what we do not know. Many of the questions posed by Tamiko at our first meeting
did not have an immediate answer. How palinopsia relates to eye movements, for example, is central to our
understanding of the phenomena but remains unknown. This realisation, that much of the key evidence
required to understand palinopsia is missing, was an unexpected outcome of the collaboration and what I have
taken away is a fresh outlook on palinopisa together with new ideas on how to progress research in this area.