Giant Optical Illusion Transforms A Street In Montreal Into Wavy Sand Dunes

In Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi once said “Your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.” And it seems that nothing represents that as well as the artwork “Moving Dunes” created by the Canadian architecture firm NÓS.

“Moving Dunes” was an idea after an annual call for proposals in order to install a large-scale artwork on the Avenue de Musée. This 2018 project coincided with the museum’s exhibition, From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present, so that prompted NÓS to evoke the perspective-bending approach of cubist painters. In other words, it is a large-scale street art in Montreal that transforms the street into something unreal.

The anamorphic work of art consists of lines of neutral colors that undulate along the path, creating a deceptive path that mimics deserts and beaches. The chrome spheres that periodically appear along the street reflect the surrounding architecture and thus emphasize the wave effect created by the artists. Moreover, the dunes bend the viewer’s perspective in such a way that it forms a deceptive path mimicking patterns you’d see on sand in a desert. Given these points, huge chrome spheres add to the illusory effect and the result is absolutely mind-bending.

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The “Moving Dunes” is the illusory artwork on a street in Montreal, Canada

The mural was inspired by cubism and created by Canadian architecture firm NÓS

It uses a technique called anamorphosis, which requires the observer to experience the mural from multiple points of view in order to fully appreciate it.

The anamorphic installation transforms as the viewer moves and interacts with it.

As the viewer moves, the sand shapes are reversed, and thus the ground comes alive

The surface suddenly appears to be undulating due to the mirrored balls placed on the artwork

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Graduates At Kyoto University Are Allowed To Put On Any Outfit To Receive Diploma, And Here Are 20 Pics Of Their Best Apparel

What comes to your mind when you see or hear the word “graduation”? You might think of students sporting all black, with mortarboards and graduation gowns. Perhaps, you’ll also imagine them falling in line, waiting for their names to be called to receive their diploma.

But that’s boring! Most graduations in the world are so monotonous that they’re quite predictable. So the folks out there at the University of Kyoto decided to put a twist on their graduation rites by allowing their students to dress up however they like. The results? Well, if we hadn’t told you the context, you would think they’re Halloween costume parties! Scroll down below to see the most extravagant costumes these students students wore to their graduation!

More info: University of Kyoto