Triangular Pavilion

Dan Graham

Holland Park, Kensington, London
Part of Portavilion

May – October 2008

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Guru of artist designed pavilions, Dan Graham’s Triangular Pavilion with Circular Cut-out Variation Hrefers to Chinese garden pavilions which employed circular openings to frame a perspective of the next walled section of the garden. Comprising of an equilateral triangle with a circular central opening, allowing the visitor to become the spectator. The walls of the pavilion were a combination of transparent glass and two-way mirror, and ceiling is clear glass. The centre of the composition becomes an image of the spectator themselves. The half-transparent/half mirrored two-way mirror walls show the superimposition of the surrounding park, in relation to the spectators' view of their own reflection.

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