{"id":451,"date":"2018-03-31T11:33:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T11:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:35:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T15:35:40","slug":"model-for-fading-shadows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/?page_id=451","title":{"rendered":"Model for Fading Shadows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fading Shadows are experiments with the perception and relationship of shadow and light. It involves modifying shadows cast by physical objects as well as projected images, and either concealing or otherwise altering them by painting. The viewer\u2019s physical presence acts together with the masked shadows, causing an unanticipated and perplexing shift in them. They seem to be suspended somewhere in between the background and the viewer\u2019s own shadow, while shadows that were painted remain imperceptible and become visible again only by the viewer\u2019s intervention. Despite the baffling effect, it is carried out by using ordinary paint, light and shadow and is based on basic phenomena of colour and light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Images of a model for piercing shadows, AiR Sandnes, Norway, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\" alt=\"The shadow of the rod is fragmented in the middle. \" class=\"wp-image-456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"643\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.2.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.2.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg 965w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.2.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.2.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-520x346.jpg 520w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1.2.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">The wall looks blank where shadows are masked. They turn visible when converged with the viewer&#8217;s shadow (below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\" alt=\"Model for Fading Shadows\" class=\"wp-image-455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/3.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg\" alt=\"Residue images after masking shadows of various objects.\" class=\"wp-image-457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michalczinege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/5.-Model-for-Fading-Shadows-520x779.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #575af2;\">Residue images after masking shadows of various objects.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Model for Fading Shadows\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/213707443?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fading Shadows are experiments with the perception and relationship of shadow and light. It involves modifying shadows cast by physical objects as well as projected images, and either concealing or otherwise altering them by painting. The viewer\u2019s physical presence acts together with the masked shadows, causing an unanticipated and perplexing shift in them. 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