Optical Illusion at Paris town hall
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 Publié par Eric Tenin
Fa-sci-na-ting! I passed by the Paris town hall today, where they currently have an open air exhibit about Paris trees (there are 485 000 of them!). On top of the various - very interesting - explanations, they also installed an anamorphosis work of art by François Abelanet. Anamorphosis? Let me borrow Wikipedia's definition: " it's a distorted projection or perspective requiring the viewer to occupy a specific vantage point to reconstitute the image." Well, since an image is worth a 100 words, click here, you'll see that what you get in this photo is not really what you see! More, in French, on the Paris Website.
June 29, 2011 12:48:00 AM GMT+02:00
This is very tricky, Eric! I can't quite figure out what I'm looking at when compared to the second photo. I wish I could see this cool thing in person!
June 29, 2011 1:08:00 AM GMT+02:00
The church of Sant'Ignazio in Rome has a marvelous trompe l'oeil "dome" painting, which isn't a dome at all. It is an anamorphosis: when you view the faux dome from the church entry, it looks perfect. Walk in, and to the side of the nave, and you see it's a complete fake! Fabulous.
June 29, 2011 1:45:00 AM GMT+02:00
That certainly is a fascinating piece of art, it reflects life so well in that 'it's all in the way you look at something'..I love it!!
June 29, 2011 2:13:00 AM GMT+02:00
Fascinating! After looking at the Paris website, I'm thinking it's also much bigger than it appears here.
Who decides what interesting things they're going to do at the City Hall? Can I get on that committee??
June 29, 2011 2:21:00 AM GMT+02:00
I think that my head just exploded.
June 29, 2011 3:02:00 AM GMT+02:00
Huh??? That is WILD!
Hans Holbein did the same thing in his painting called The Ambassadors in the National Gallery in London
June 29, 2011 7:16:00 AM GMT+02:00
Very interesting. Have to find out more later today, must hurry to my work. Have a nice day everybody !
June 29, 2011 8:32:00 AM GMT+02:00
It is very appealing, Eric. A head-scratcher! Looks like they have to keep it watered nicely as well.
June 29, 2011 8:58:00 AM GMT+02:00
What a puzzle . Thanks for the
after and before perspectives.
June 29, 2011 9:16:00 AM GMT+02:00
I recently saw a few pictures of the "making of" this work. 80 gardeners were employed 24/24 for several days, and the form was "drawn" in 3D with laser beams, to make sure the end result would be perfect!
Jeff, I remember Sant'Ignazio... Fascinating!
June 29, 2011 9:18:00 AM GMT+02:00
I'll have to check it by myself for it is really wild (as Phx-cdg already said) ! I don't get it all with the photos.
June 29, 2011 10:44:00 AM GMT+02:00
Very fascinating! I would love to see it with my own eyes. How long will this exhibition be there?
June 29, 2011 10:59:00 AM GMT+02:00
Dear Eric
Where exactly is this Paris town hall , is it close to les halles??
is it the same place where an ice skating rink is installed during winters??
June 29, 2011 11:41:00 AM GMT+02:00
@Anonymous. Yes exactly at the same place the ice rink was.
June 29, 2011 12:02:00 PM GMT+02:00
I'd say this is both amazing and not amazing...! But I really have to go there.
June 29, 2011 1:02:00 PM GMT+02:00
This is such an fantastic Creativity. Heart touching words for this awesome creativity towards the Optical Illusion.
June 29, 2011 2:26:00 PM GMT+02:00
I love it! That is so interesting. You would have to walk around it to find the perfect vantage, wouldn't you? I wonder, is this the only angle that is "correct" for viewing?
June 29, 2011 5:52:00 PM GMT+02:00
I love it too!! The difference between the two photos is very mysterious. What to think about an optical illusion? Is that mean that we must not be sure of anything we see, behind a screen...? This is somewhere a bit disturbing, isn't it? But well, I'm used to mysterious questions to which I don't know if I'd ever have an answer ;)...
June 29, 2011 6:49:00 PM GMT+02:00
That reminds me of my paycheck....looks big, but when I get to the right angle, it is in fact very small.
Sean
June 29, 2011 10:41:00 PM GMT+02:00
We walked right through it and didn't realize what it was! We approached it from the west, so we didn't see it from that angle. Too bad!k
June 29, 2011 10:42:00 PM GMT+02:00
You can take the k off of my comment. i'm typing too fast!
June 30, 2011 7:12:00 AM GMT+02:00
Very interesting. It reminds me of pictures drawn on streets that look like people climbing out of a hole, and similar scenes. You have to be at just the right angle to see the effect. More anamorphic illusions: http://www.julianbeever.net/newt.html
June 30, 2011 11:37:00 AM GMT+02:00
Best be aware of all and any optical illusion ;)
July 3, 2011 11:29:00 PM GMT+02:00
I went there tonight. This is amazing, I do confirm!
I did not see the form like that with my eyes whereas in the same time and at the same place, the photo I took, looks exactly like yours, eric. I obtained a photo totally different from what I was looking at !!! This is pretty questionning :) To be honest it is nicer in the photo but the whole spot is interesting to see.
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