Box of Mirrors

My Box of Mirrors is a performance structure I designed and built to accompany a song of mine called "Mirrors", which uses the infinite reflections of a box of mirrors as a metaphor for identity. The box has six one-way mirror panels that create infinite reflections visible from the outside. The panels fold down to let the person inside the box step out.

Performance

Here's a short video clip of my performance at Bing Concert Hall (Stanford University):

Performance at Bing Concert Hall (2018)

(video from an audience member)

Pictures

Look through this image gallery to get a better sense of the project:

From perfomance at Bing Concert Hall

About to perform "Mirrors" from inside the box

During construction outside the Stanford PRL (Product Realization Lab)

Believe it or not, I stored all of this wood in my dorm room! Forever grateful to my roommate

Small scale model of mirror reflections

A hexagonal box of one way mirror film attached to clear acrylic sheets

View of the base from above

The entire structure is extremely modular, consisting of (many copies of) just a few distinct parts

Almost fully constructed box, outside Haus Mitt dorm at Stanford

This was the first time I'd stood inside!

Drawings of the Box

Here are my drawings of the box, pre-construction:

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Drawings for construction of the Box of Mirrors

My Song "Mirrors"

Audio

Here's a rough demo recording of "Mirrors":

"Mirrors (feat. Liam Hale)"

(rough guitar demo)

Lyrics

Here are the lyrics:

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Lyrics