warfinger
May 15, 2009, 04:10 PM
Here's another batch of cool illusions:
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962295.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962295&owner=binsoy)
Impossible Triangle Revisited
Another impossible triangle (now in Ophoven, Belgium), with a different resolution altogether. Again, the viewer’s location relative to the object is critical. Now you know why there are various physical ways to achieve any particular impossible object.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962297.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962297&owner=binsoy)
If Escher Can Do It, Legos Can, Too
M. C. Escher’s “Relativity” appears here as a 3-D representation made with Lego blocks (no trick photography… it’s all real), by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu. You can also learn about their fascinating construction details.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962299.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962299&owner=binsoy)
Ascending and Descending
M. C. Escher’s “Ascending and Descending” Lego rendition by Lipson and Shiu.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962301.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962301&owner=binsoy)
One-Man Band
“Encore,” by Japanese artist Shigeo Fukuda, uses similar principles to represent a pianist and violinist in the same sculpture when viewed from two vantage points.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962302.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962302&owner=binsoy)
"Underground Piano"
Depending on where you stand, you can see the mirror image of a pile of piano parts as a beautiful whole instrument, also by Shigeo Fukuda.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962324.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962324&owner=binsoy)
"Lunch With a Helmet On"
Shigeo Fukuda welded together 848 forks, knives and spoons to make “Lunch With a Helmet On.” In this case, Fukuda cleverly resolves the illusion by placing a light at the critical vantage point, making the motorcycle obvious only in the shadow cast by the utensil pile.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962326.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962326&owner=binsoy)
Imelda's Dream Come True
Imelda Marcos, widow of the former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was infamous for her shoe collection, but also for quotes such as this: “People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?” Well Imelda, now you can be surrounded by both, courtesy of artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. The collaborators create beautiful pieces made from rubbish. The image on the left, “Dead White Trash (With Gulls), 1998,” depicts the duo as the shadow cast from a pile of garbage taken from six months of their own consumption. Similarly to Fukuda, these artists have placed the light source at the critical vantage point, and made the viewing of the sculpture based on its shadow. The image on the right is “Real Life Is Rubbish, 2002,” created with the artists’ studio refuse.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962295.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962295&owner=binsoy)
Impossible Triangle Revisited
Another impossible triangle (now in Ophoven, Belgium), with a different resolution altogether. Again, the viewer’s location relative to the object is critical. Now you know why there are various physical ways to achieve any particular impossible object.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962297.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962297&owner=binsoy)
If Escher Can Do It, Legos Can, Too
M. C. Escher’s “Relativity” appears here as a 3-D representation made with Lego blocks (no trick photography… it’s all real), by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu. You can also learn about their fascinating construction details.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962299.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962299&owner=binsoy)
Ascending and Descending
M. C. Escher’s “Ascending and Descending” Lego rendition by Lipson and Shiu.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962301.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962301&owner=binsoy)
One-Man Band
“Encore,” by Japanese artist Shigeo Fukuda, uses similar principles to represent a pianist and violinist in the same sculpture when viewed from two vantage points.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962302.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962302&owner=binsoy)
"Underground Piano"
Depending on where you stand, you can see the mirror image of a pile of piano parts as a beautiful whole instrument, also by Shigeo Fukuda.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962324.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962324&owner=binsoy)
"Lunch With a Helmet On"
Shigeo Fukuda welded together 848 forks, knives and spoons to make “Lunch With a Helmet On.” In this case, Fukuda cleverly resolves the illusion by placing a light at the critical vantage point, making the motorcycle obvious only in the shadow cast by the utensil pile.
http://preview.shareapic.net/preview5/016962326.jpg (http://www.shareapic.net/content.php?id=16962326&owner=binsoy)
Imelda's Dream Come True
Imelda Marcos, widow of the former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos, was infamous for her shoe collection, but also for quotes such as this: “People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage?” Well Imelda, now you can be surrounded by both, courtesy of artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster. The collaborators create beautiful pieces made from rubbish. The image on the left, “Dead White Trash (With Gulls), 1998,” depicts the duo as the shadow cast from a pile of garbage taken from six months of their own consumption. Similarly to Fukuda, these artists have placed the light source at the critical vantage point, and made the viewing of the sculpture based on its shadow. The image on the right is “Real Life Is Rubbish, 2002,” created with the artists’ studio refuse.