Hole in the Palm
“Hole in the Palm.” 2010. Exhibition text, Aleksandra Vajd, Hynek Alt: Díra v dlani / Hole in the Palm, Galerie 35m2, Prague, 2010.
“Hole in the palm” is an installation of several photographs, all of which
combines the essence of optical delusion and photographic magic.
The images have the character of the evidence or the instructions that
are clearly legible and coded. They are a bit absurd demonstration of
the familiar tricks and original figures, which may be either a specific
allusion to a work of art history or popular scientific illustration.
Motives and objects used to demonstrate the perception of space (the
recording and transmission via perspective) are carefully chosen so
that the viewer realize the impossibility of a glimpse of the situation,
without getting photographed.