Page 32 - Studio International - April 1972

Choice Priority 1969
Let A, B, and C be the three alternatives, and 5, 2,
and 3 the three individuals. Suppose individual
prefers A to B and B to C (and therefore A to C),
individual 2 prefers B to C and C to A (and therefore
B to A), and individual 3 prefers C to A and A to B
(and therefore C to B). Then a majority prefer A to B,
and a majority prefer B to C. If the community is
to be regarded as behaving rationally, we are forced
to say that A is preferred to C. But in fact a majority
of the community prefer C to A.

Twin Hills 5975
A sheet of Plexiglas is positioned upright in the middle
of a valley between two facing nearly symmetrical
hills. Two cameras are positioned on either side of
the sheet—each focusing on the surface of the semi-
reflective plane and seeing through out of focus to
each respective hill. The first camera sees the east
hill's reflection in focus and the west hill out of focus,
while the second camera sees the west hill's reflection
in focus and the east hill out of focus—the plane
regularly falls to and is lifted from the ground in each
direction.
If you consider the two hills as two sides outside of
the focus plane and the middle as two back to back
reflecting sides, then you are also seeing two sides
facing a middle. When the plane falls, the middle
disappears and the respective hills come into focus,
so a focus reversal is momentarily established, and
when raised upright again, the centre focus
orientation is re-affirmed.