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nat·u·ral re·flex \ 'nach(e)rel 're,fleks \ n –ES 1 a : a copy that reflects nature in essential features or peculiar characteristics b : a mirrored image of nature 2 a : reflected light, color, or sound b : a luminated surface 3 a : a considered thought or statement b : a glancing reference 4 a : or natural reflex act : an act performed automatically and without conscious volition in consequence of a nervous impulse transmitted inward b : or natural reflex action : the whole process comprising reception, transmission, and reaction that culminates in such an act specif : 1 a : artistic comment on the reflection of the built environment in nature and nature in the built environment b : artistic comment on how in the process of natural management nature comes to reflect the culture that controls it c : artistic comment on how in that process plants are "de-natured" to fit into urban conditions d : artistic comment on the quality of self-consciousness characteristic of human nature in the act of self-reflection e : artistic comment on the act of perceiving such self-consciousness in one’s self 2 a : artistic installation displaying an array of striking visual effects that change from day to night b : artistic installation that sometimes merges into the surroundings it reflects, and at other times is set apart from its surroundings c : artistic installation that pushes the idea of landscape into an expansive dimension exs : 1 a : a single palm tree trunk at the end of a line of palms in a median, wrapped in mirrored acetate or other reflective material b : the same palm tree bathed in the brightest possible silver light so its nature is blinding c : an entire row of either of such palm trees 2 a : a labyrinth of mirror-sided hedges b : mirrors placed in trees and landscapes to create micro-gardens c : mirrors or pools of water placed horizontally on the ground to reflect the shifting nature of sky 3 a : reflective silver tumbleweeds stacked against a wall b : reflective silver tumbleweeds creating a hedged garden space c : reflective silver tumbleweeds hanging from street poles and illuminated by street lights d : reflective silver tumbleweeds blowing across a street 4 a : convertible car as giant planter stuffed with bulbs or tall grass b : billboard covered in bulbs or tall grass c : segment of a street or its adjacent sidewalk "paved" with bulbs or tall grass 5 : temporary traffic control devices including cones, flashers, signs, and flags composed as a formal garden 6 a : digital camera inserted into one of above elements sited at an intersection along a street, that photographs observers as they look at said element b : screen placed amongst natural landscape elements at next intersection, on which photographs of observers are projected. |
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