We took a morning last week to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art's exhibit: China Through the Looking Glass. The exhibit presented a wide assortment of fashion and art (photographs and film); focusing on the Western perception and portrayal of Eastern culture. The first room of the exhibit included a field of acrylic "bamboo" tubes lit from below, which was a really exciting use of material and light. There was also extensive use of edge-lit LED panels in the tops of display cases - sadly this was not done very well, including some discoloration in LEDs and causing linear striations in photographs (not constant current!). It was also too flat of a light to highlight the exhibit very well. The final room of the exhibit featured a fantastic moon projection that reflected onto a black glass floor that had been placed around a number of exhibit pieces. The moon "rippled" in the "water" and around the reflections of the artwork. Through the looking glass indeed...
