Comments on: Artist turns village into optical illusion http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-696860 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-696860 The optical illusion is that only from a certain point can you see the circles...Some artist did that in Dallas too The optical illusion is that only from a certain point can you see the circles…Some artist did that in Dallas too

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622886 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622886 Anyone else thinking "Swiss cheese"? Anyone else thinking “Swiss cheese”?

]]> By: SamSam http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622901 SamSam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622901 His <a href="http://www.varini.org/02indc/32indcb09.html>other stuff</a> is <a href="http://www.varini.org/01act/act0a.html">also great</a> -- much more striking, actually, since this one here has many gaps and such caused by the trees. His also great — much more striking, actually, since this one here has many gaps and such caused by the trees.

]]> By: Keppoch http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623165 Keppoch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623165 I think the title of this post should be "Artist defaces picturesque village with optical illusion". This is not an improvement. Blech. I think the title of this post should be “Artist defaces picturesque village with optical illusion”. This is not an improvement. Blech.

]]> By: Brandon West http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622665 Brandon West Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622665 "Photographs from the same spot in daylight make the town look flat, almost like a postcard." Yeah, um, duh? Am I missing something? Aren't postcards just photographs that you write on? I think it's cool as an art piece but the optical illusion is lost on me. “Photographs from the same spot in daylight make the town look flat, almost like a postcard.”

Yeah, um, duh? Am I missing something? Aren’t postcards just photographs that you write on? I think it’s cool as an art piece but the optical illusion is lost on me.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623433 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623433 The article actually said that the circles MAKE the town look flat, not that the artist was trying to create depth with the circles? You see? It's the opposite of what you said. Just mentioning. Really nice piece, I love work like this. Also, I think it is wonderful that the town allowed him to do something like this. Europe is so chill. The article actually said that the circles MAKE the town look flat, not that the artist was trying to create depth with the circles? You see? It’s the opposite of what you said. Just mentioning.

Really nice piece, I love work like this. Also, I think it is wonderful that the town allowed him to do something like this. Europe is so chill.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622670 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622670 Why do all the building look the same? I do not live in suburban America so this seems very strange to me (Yes there really are two americas (USAs)) Building code? Convention? Swiss villiages have always puzzled me. Robotmistake Why do all the building look the same?

I do not live in suburban America so this seems very strange to me (Yes there really are two americas (USAs))

Building code? Convention? Swiss villiages have always puzzled me.

Robotmistake

]]> By: JPW http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622683 JPW Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622683 That's getting awfully close to an Olympics logo infringement. . . . That’s getting awfully close to an Olympics logo infringement. . . .

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623195 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623195 I think the wording of the description is a little off. It seems to me that the idea is that while they are on houses of varying distances, the circles are all the same size, which would fool the brain into thinking it's looking at a flat image, distorting it's depth perception. I'm sure it's much more impressive thing to look at in person, I certainly don't get the full effect of looking at the photo. I think the wording of the description is a little off. It seems to me that the idea is that while they are on houses of varying distances, the circles are all the same size, which would fool the brain into thinking it’s looking at a flat image, distorting it’s depth perception. I’m sure it’s much more impressive thing to look at in person, I certainly don’t get the full effect of looking at the photo.

]]> By: Takashi Omoto http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622684 Takashi Omoto Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622684 I think it means the town looks like a postcard, not that the photo looks like one. It's a bad analogy for younger people I guess - a better one would be "painted on" since originally postcards stood for illustrations rather than photos. I've seen some other work from this guy, his iStockPhoto series is very popular. I think it means the town looks like a postcard, not that the photo looks like one. It’s a bad analogy for younger people I guess – a better one would be “painted on” since originally postcards stood for illustrations rather than photos.

I’ve seen some other work from this guy, his iStockPhoto series is very popular.

]]> By: scifijazznik http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622950 scifijazznik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622950 Ummm....uh....ok, then. Ummm….uh….ok, then.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622704 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622704 Everybody loves that camera projection... http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/soldiers-as-patrioti.html Everybody loves that camera projection…

http://boingboing.net/2009/08/11/soldiers-as-patrioti.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623264 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623264 If he had made the rings brown, it would be the most perfect coffee-cup ring stained picturesque village in the world. If he had made the rings brown, it would be the most perfect coffee-cup ring stained picturesque village in the world.

]]> By: Blaven http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-622759 Blaven Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-622759 I'm surprised the owners let him do this. I wouldn't want some random guy spray painting stuff on my quaint little cottage. I’m surprised the owners let him do this. I wouldn’t want some random guy spray painting stuff on my quaint little cottage.

]]> By: Newsboi http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623280 Newsboi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623280 If you like this sort of art check out Eric Grohe 3-D artist who turns drab buildings into architectural wonders you can see more on http://riverviewobserver.net/2009/10/3-d-art-murals-by-eric-grohe-an-imazing-transformation-artist-of-figurative-and-architectural-murals/ If you like this sort of art check out Eric Grohe 3-D artist who turns drab buildings into architectural wonders you can see more on http://riverviewobserver.net/2009/10/3-d-art-murals-by-eric-grohe-an-imazing-transformation-artist-of-figurative-and-architectural-murals/

]]> By: jere7my http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623044 jere7my Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623044 Looks to me more like we're looking at the town through a sheet of plexiglas with holes cut into it. Looks to me more like we’re looking at the town through a sheet of plexiglas with holes cut into it.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-623056 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-623056 This was done many years ago in the UK by the alien Mysterons who projected similar circles onto things. This was done many years ago in the UK by the alien Mysterons who projected similar circles onto things.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/10/28/artist-turns-village.html#comment-624098 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-624098 The illusion is that from one angle, there appear to be circles drawn across the buildings. When viewed from a different angle, the circles reveal their true form, not really circles, but partial circles that appear as circles from a certain perspective. The illusion is that from one angle, there appear to be circles drawn across the buildings.
When viewed from a different angle, the circles reveal their true form, not really circles, but partial circles that appear as circles from a certain perspective.

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