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The Negative Mirror and Critical Memory

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Marco Polo's negative mirror is, more or less, like one of the concave parabolic surfaces used to concentrate the parallel solar rays into a unique point, giving them a previously unknown shining. In a similar manner the traveler's gaze will bend the apparently isolated and undifferentiated facets of a place and tie them together in a more intense reality thereby revealing the "genius loci," which is a projection of human conscience.

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How to Cite: Armstrong, P. (1990) “The Negative Mirror and Critical Memory”, Oz. 12(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.4148/2378-5853.1201