Stereoscopic Drawing Experiments

Abstract

The essay presents the development of drawing experiments that are concerned with unpicking a notion of spatial ambiguity in depth perception framed in this research as ‘Baroque Spatiality’. With the help of stereoscopic devices, the design research practice seeks to establish a phenomenological intersection of the architectural projection drawing with the experienced space. Reading into the history of depth perception—or stereopsis, reveals how the invention of the first stereoscope stands at a turning point of understanding linkages between spatial perception and imagination. Looking more closely, might the early research into depth perception offer new angles to investigate spatial experience and open trajectories for the drawing practice to evolve? Does the understanding of depth perception gained with stereoscopic experiments open ways to study ‘Baroque Spatiality’, considering on the one hand concept of space as measurable and abstract and on the other its perceived depth seen as an imaginative capacity?

Keywords: stereoscopy, drawing research, stereopsis, drawing device, spatial perception