- A fisheye photo image was printed on one piece of paper, and carefully cut and pleated to form a cluster of crystalline prisms around this diver. Those forms stretch in every direction and dimension, to suggest his subliminal awareness of and connections to his surrounding world.
- In the first moment of his high dive, his body seems to hover with a symmetric composure. Instantly, he will start to free-fall for 90 feet into that deep chasm. He has expertly prepared a precise sequence of mid-air gyrations. Upon impact, three seconds later, his body’s speed will reach 53 mph.
- In any part of his body that doesn’t slip into the water perfectly upright, he will feel the same force as though he had fallen from a 13 foot height onto bare concrete.
- This competition actually worked out great for Michal Navratil of the Czech Republic, who finished first in the Mostar event (quick video) of the 2016 Bull Cliff Diving World Series.
This is the original photo that I modified:
Technical note: the Kirigami sheet was folded so that all its internal angles were 45 degrees. Abstract Kirigamis are usually folded to 90 degrees, but for photo landscapes, I find that the image can’t be seen as a whole anymore.
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