Change your viewpoint until discarded wire and metal resolve into portraits made entirely from light and shadow
This small artist-run space offers a sharp counterpoint to Xanthi's historical collections. The objects initially look abstract: bent metal, wire, tools and reused fragments. Directed light then throws a recognisable portrait or scene onto the wall. The transformation depends on position, so the visit is about looking carefully and understanding how material, light and empty space work together rather than simply collecting an optical-illusion photograph.
The House of Shadow is also a working studio, and current hours can be narrower than those of a state museum. Check the artist's site or call before building a day around it. Give the work room, follow photography guidance and keep children from touching the constructions. It sits a minute from the folklore museum, making the pair an unusually good conversation between inherited objects and contemporary reuse.
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Contemporary art, Shadow sculpture, Recycled materials, Artist studio, and Old town
