MIRRORS-EYESTOPPERS IN URBAN SPACE
Abstract
The material used for the study includes photographs of eye-stopper mirrors in Russian cities and publications related to this phenomenon. The author employs various methods, including observation, analysis of visual images in social media, and interpretative analysis. The author comes to the conclusion that the mirrors - ais stoppers perform the following functions: advertising, entertainment, identifying, aesthetic. In the conditions of the aggressive visual environment of cities, the mirrors - ais stoppers are not only (and not always) an element of outdoor advertising, but also a trigger for selfies, an art object, a provocateur of the game and a symbol of self-addressedness and self-knowledge.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Public Spaces through Art
Urban and sociocultural dynamics
Photography and Visual Culture
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Dynamics of Media Systems
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 177–177
- Publication date
- 6 March 2026
- Language
- EN