Apartment Therapy Asks: hot or not?
And from my lens of feng shui, the idea of a rhythmic progression down a hallway is hot, if it were in some way slowing down the pace of traffic through the walkway, but here: NOT. Reason: Empty frames do not create contemplation or a progression, but here communicate ( to me, and I bet I am not alone) a sense of vast emptiness which is unfavorable when moving through space toward gathering areas. Well positioned and well-lit art can be effective to act as a gallery of thought-provoking, sensorially rich stimulation and even moments of relaxation or anticipation as you enter a space… But a vast collection of empty frames that seem to emerge from the wall loom large as vacant, sensorially-deprived arms reaching out to remind you of what is missing.
