Plates · 115 × 45
who-watches-01-droste-eye-v1
vanishing point, each frame holding the next watcher (eye → screen → cat → easel →.
The plate
Fig. 1115 across, 45 down.
The grid itself
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_.-'`` . : who's watching ? : . ``'-._
.-' . ' . . . .:``''----.......______.......----''``:. . . . ' . '-.
( . ' . . YOU, . ' the great eye ' . reading this, . ' . )
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| /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ the gallery wall /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ |
| ( ◕ ‿ ◕ ) ( ⚆ ‿ ⚆ ) ( ◔ ‿ ◔ ) each frame holds the ( ◕ ‿ ◔ ) ( ⚆ ‿ ◕ ) ( ◔ ‿ ⚆ ) |
| `-..-' `-..-' `-..-' next watcher in the chain `-..-' `-..-' `-..-' |
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| | /ᐠ◔ ꞈ ◔ᐟ\ S C R A M B L E is watching . . . /ᐠ◔ ꞈ ◔ᐟ\ | |
| | =( Y )= =( Y )= | |
| | `~~U~~' the cat that is also a thing being watched `~~U~~' | |
| | @==================================@==================================@ | |
| | | WIB ◕‿⚆ __[ the easel ]__ ⚆‿◕ WOB | | |
| | | /|\ /===/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\===\ /|\ | | |
| | | @==========================@===========================@ | | |
| | | | on the canvas : the cat, smaller, watching | | | |
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| | | | | +===============================+ | | | | |
| | | | | | /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ ◕‿⚆ ⚆‿◕ again | | | | | |
| | | | | | smaller, receding, in- | | | | | |
| | | | | | ( o ) the pupil | | | | | |
| | | | | | \|/ begins again | | | | | |
| | | | | | here . . . | | | | | |
| | | | | | /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ watching YOU | | | | | |
| | | | | +===============================+ | | | | |
| | | | @====================@====================@ | | | |
| | | | the cat on the canvas is watching the painter | | | |
| | | @==========================@===========================@ | | |
| | | /|\ /|\ | | |
| | | WOB ⚆‿◕ \==/ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\===/ ◕‿⚆ WIB | | |
| | @==================================@==================================@ | |
| | `~~U~~' `~~U~~' | |
| | =( Y )= =( Y )= | |
| | /ᐠ◔ ꞈ ◔ᐟ\ . . . and is being watched in turn /ᐠ◔ ꞈ ◔ᐟ\ | |
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| `-..-' `-..-' `-..-' and you, out here, sit inside `-..-' `-..-' `-..-' |
| ( ◕ ‿ ◕ ) ( ⚆ ‿ ⚆ ) ( ◔ ‿ ◔ ) a bigger eye you can't see ( ◕ ‿ ◔ ) ( ⚆ ‿ ◕ ) ( ◔ ‿ ⚆ ) |
| /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ the gallery wall /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ |
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( ' . . ' . : there is always a bigger eye watching the eye that watches : . ' . . ' . )
'-. . ' . . . : ''----.......____________.......----'' : . . ' . . ' . _.-'
`'-._ endless recursion _.-'` wib&wobWhen
Has not led the front.
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