Comments on: 2.5 dimensional optical illusion bookshelf http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:09:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Hools Verne http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-785936 Hools Verne Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785936 Damn that's cool. Damn that’s cool.

]]> By: Dan http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-785939 Dan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785939 Yeah... I can just see me setting my morning cup of coffee on that thing, and when I go to take a sip, I collapse on the floor in a drooling heap of brain-shattered confusion. Still, it's pretty slick. Yeah… I can just see me setting my morning cup of coffee on that thing, and when I go to take a sip, I collapse on the floor in a drooling heap of brain-shattered confusion.

Still, it’s pretty slick.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-786721 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786721 I can't figure out how to look at these... to the point where I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach. Seriously. What parts are real? I can’t figure out how to look at these… to the point where I’m feeling a little sick to my stomach. Seriously. What parts are real?

]]> By: woid http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-785750 woid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785750 Wow, this is brilliant! It's just one simple module in five different colors, but then there's that other dimension... As Soupy used to say, your brains'll fall out. It doesn't seem to be a product for sale. It should be, yes? Wow, this is brilliant! It’s just one simple module in five different colors, but then there’s that other dimension… As Soupy used to say, your brains’ll fall out.

It doesn’t seem to be a product for sale. It should be, yes?

]]> By: nicleT http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-786299 nicleT Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-786299 A tribute to Victor Vasarely ! A tribute to Victor Vasarely !

]]> By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-785809 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785809 I used to work in a photo lab in Montreal in the late eighties. One of the customers, artist Serge Tousignant, was working on a series of large photographs which combining drawings, photos, shadows and illusions in a manner similar to Mr. Blikstad's shelves - he was getting the photos printed at the lab. It was always exciting to see his work on the spotting table. What you saw in this series changed depending on the distance from the photograph. From about 5 meters away, you might see a standard textbook still life. From about 1 meter away, you saw all the illusions: shadows that were really drawings of shadows, tables that were only half a table, etc. Man, what I would have given so as to not be as poor as I was at the time, just so I could afford one of Mr. Tousignant's works! I can't find any of that particular series' images on the 'Net. But I did find a few that would give some its flavour: L'équilibriste (1991) [The balancing artist] http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=94139 Réflexion intérieure tri-modulaire (1982 - 1983) [Tri-modular interior reflection] http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=92982 Dessin solaire n° 25 (1980) [Solar drawing #25] http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=93519 Nature morte aux balles [Still life of balls] http://www.ccca.ca/artists/image.html?languagePref=en&url=/c/images/big/t/tousign/tous024.jpg&cright=Serge+Tousignant&mkey=7908&link_id=51 Thanks for the link, Cory, it reminded me of Tousignant's work. I used to work in a photo lab in Montreal in the late eighties. One of the customers, artist Serge Tousignant, was working on a series of large photographs which combining drawings, photos, shadows and illusions in a manner similar to Mr. Blikstad’s shelves – he was getting the photos printed at the lab. It was always exciting to see his work on the spotting table.

What you saw in this series changed depending on the distance from the photograph. From about 5 meters away, you might see a standard textbook still life. From about 1 meter away, you saw all the illusions: shadows that were really drawings of shadows, tables that were only half a table, etc.

Man, what I would have given so as to not be as poor as I was at the time, just so I could afford one of Mr. Tousignant’s works!

I can’t find any of that particular series’ images on the ‘Net. But I did find a few that would give some its flavour:

L’équilibriste (1991) [The balancing artist]
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=94139

R̩flexion int̩rieure tri-modulaire (1982 Р1983) [Tri-modular interior reflection]
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=92982

Dessin solaire n° 25 (1980) [Solar drawing #25]
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/search/artwork_zoom_f.jsp?mkey=93519

Nature morte aux balles [Still life of balls]
http://www.ccca.ca/artists/image.html?languagePref=en&url=/c/images/big/t/tousign/tous024.jpg&cright=Serge+Tousignant&mkey=7908&link_id=51

Thanks for the link, Cory, it reminded me of Tousignant’s work.

]]> By: MadRat http://boingboing.net/2010/05/12/25-dimensional-optic.html#comment-785868 MadRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-785868 You'd need to put a Q-Bert on it though. You’d need to put a Q-Bert on it though.

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