Above Photograph of the author and a colleague in an
Ames Distorted Room, a demonstration in perceptual psychology in which people seem to shrink and grow. It was first constructed in the 1930s by American artist, psychologist and optical physiologist
Adelbert Ames Jr, at Dartmouth College. It has been replicated innumerable times, for a variety of purposes. This particular model was built in 1975, as one component in a participatory children's exhibit, co-designed by
Roy R. Behrens (wearing dark jacket in photos above) and
John Volker (not shown), and installed at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo IA.
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To Make a Room Look Larger, in Ladies’ Mirror. Vol 5 No 4, October 1, 1926—
It is something of an art into which camouflage may be said to enter, that of creating the sense of space in a small room.
RELATED LINKS
Ames, Heider and the Chair Demonstration
Wikipedia biography / Adelbert Ames Jr
Eyed Awry: The Ingenuity of Del Ames
The Artistic and Scientific Collaboration of Blanche Ames Ames and Adelbert Ames II
