Strange Statue Illusion
January 09, 2007 by Vurdlak
It seems our provider had some difficulties this afternoon. Seems everything is fixed now, and the site is back up. Now I can post another interesting illusion for you. What you see here may not look so interesting at first, but if you open the article and see full set of photos, you will understand what's so strange about this statue. It appears that the shape you see, isn't the only one present - in fact, this sculpture changes it shape, as you walk around it. I needed some time to figure this out, but at the end I got it! The Unity Triangle, posted few months ago is even better example! If you know where both of these statues are located, feel free to share the info... For more interesting installations check: Fatamorgana, Mark Jenkins, Lord Of The Rings...
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It does indeed take some time to see what's strange about it. You notice it better if you take notice of the orientation of the base of the statue. In the first three foto's it is clear the statue is not placed straight on it (more diagonal), but in the fourth it looks straight.
I don't get it????????
Is the cube's surface slanted? That's my theory.
that looks really cool! i like how it appears to change it's width in different pictures...
That is cool. It goes from an X to a cube to a plus sign. Where is it located?
you can tell that all it is doing is taking pictures in weird angles, it slightly looks like it looks illusional, but u can kinda tell after looking at it after about a minute or two
Beautiful!
Where is it? I'd love to see it with my own eyes
it has to be somewhere in germany, there are german traffic signs
its just a scupture ... i don't get it ....
Thats awesome! When im rich, one of those is going on my front lawn.
Awsome! Some mathemetition must've worked on that! It's genious!
NEVER MIND
I... don't get it.
oooh, I found something! See how the cube looks like it stands straight on the base in the fourth picture, like Toine said?
It doesnt.
If you look closely you can see that the left corner bit is much closer than the right one, yet the statue looks flat.
That means that the shape must be distorted.
Or at least the right foot is not as it seems...
Oh, wait, I GET IT NOW!!!
THE SQUARES ARE NOT SQUARES! GENIUS!
Yessssssss.... I got it!
The squares are really diamonds or rhombuses or whatever, but viewing them from the right angle makes us think they are squares! Am I right?
also, sorry in advance if someone got the answer before me; I didn't see it. Blame it on the delay.
No, it's not in Germany.
Traffic signs are probably very similiar around Europe, so you can't tell which country it is by only looking at that.
Instead:
On the brick building in the fourth picture there's a symbol just over the entrance. That's the Swedish Police. I assume no other country than Sweden has that on their buildings.
No doubts remain. :)