By Vurdlak on December 10, 2008, with 67 Comments
New day, new illusion and some newly registered visitors! Yes that’s right. I’ve never announced the new “Mighty Optical Illusion Members” feature (which is located at the bottom of the sidebar, but I see some of you were smart enough, and already made benefit from it :) It makes great joy every time I visit my homepage, and see that someone new joined this community – Thanks people! Keep doing it, and as the user number grows, we will gradually roll out some new member-features for you to enjoy. Now for the illusion…
Peter Cami explained everything, so no need for me to elaborate further. Thanks Peter – “Hi, I love your site and because of your widget, I’m drawn to it daily. For a while people have been working on the included piece of art. It’s situated on a steel/glass roof above an open space at the theater. You can see it’s not totally finished yet, but the guys are finishing the last letters. From the first day I knew it was gonna end up like something I’ve seen several times on your site. I’ve always loved these and even thought of integrating something like it in our shops. The text says ‘Zie wat ik zeg dat ik niet zeggen kan’ in Dutch – translated it is ‘See what I say, that I can’t say’. Kind regards and keep updating your site the way you do.“
(14 votes)
Very cool! When will it be finished?
Thanks so much for the welcome!!! I’ve had the widget for almost 2 months now look at it almost everyday to see if you ad something and when I noticed the member’s section yesterday it only felt natural to join. Keep up the good work, but I don’t get this, I mean it’s cool what that they did this on a ceiling but I don’t get what it says, why’s it important and why but it on a celling
what dose that mean
its dutch
de eerste nederlande illusie die ik kheb gezien :p
Very Cool!
That is VERY cool, particularely because that building stands in ANTWERP, BELGIUM and that is where I live! I’ve never even seen it myself… For all you cityhoppers: come and visit Antwerp this holiday season, it’s absolutely great for shopping and culture and for many other things including… optical illusions:)
it is dutch!!!
Love this soorts of things!
p.s. iam Dutch to!!
P.p.s first?
and what means ‘zie zeg zeggen’ ?? its his message…
*first*
Thanks for showing me that i can join this site
gotta check this one out,
do you have an exact location on this one ?
Whoo dutch :P
1st ^-^
Nice to see a dutch illusion on mighty optical illusions.
Mooi stukje kunst Peter! Misschien ook leuk om een andere hoek te zien, zodat de illusie duidelijker wordt.
Groeten,
Ruud
GOOD!! First?
i dont rly c the point 2 being a mem since this site runs on blogger, but watever. The roof is cool
ps:i have a wiki cuz no one else would make it, but i need sum help. Its “thesecretwiki.wikia.com”
Ooohh this looks so amazing!! Btw, I’m also Dutch!!!!
cool
i don’t get it
Thats awesome… few more pics would be great… I’m waiting for the first multi-picture such shape… with different pictures when you change the angle a tiny bit… just like them Chinese-cards… you know… :)
Like Peter Cami, i am also drawn into your site- i check on it everyday ( not sad fyi ) and i like most of the illusions you put up. This one hasn’t got me particularly enticed, but it’s still lovely to see : )
you mean benefits only available for members? don’t disappoint me, keep this for everyone, stop creating ‘elite’ groups everywhere =/
Whereabout is it located?
I’d like to take a look at the first dutch art I see here :)
whats so cool about that?
COOL!!!!!!!!
nice.
first
Thats awsome!!! First?
I dont see the illusion.
P.S, what was the 5th illusion last time???????
First comment? Very nice :)
FIRST+++
Its quite cool and looks real like its all on the roof
I always love these kinds of illusions…I still find myself staring at them, trying to figure out exactly how they’re done…this one’s really, really neat! thanks for sharin’ it!
huh?
This is a cool illusion, I’m dutch myself and regularly visit this site when there are new illusions posted. Keep up the good and illusive work, Vurdlak!!
Gonzo
That’s nuts. I’ve always loved illusions like this one. So impressive!
Nice one, thanks pal!
so this is not an optical illusion
is just some words in dutch
nice !!!!!!!!!!!!!
first comment! wow! i don’t really understand the saying… love the site btw!!
Beautiful
What language this text was written?
translate pls
WOOH!!! 1st comment, nice illusion, looks like its on glass in front of me but it’s on the roof.
Lol 1e
i was like WTF thats dutch
and im from holland i thought it was an english page but it is XD
its nice
you can only see it from 1 angel XD
I like this one,
it’s the last sentence of a poem against child abuse and it’s from Belgium
nice
curious about member features ;-)
I don’t see what’s strange about this one… Is it different layers that only show under a certain angle…? Or is there some 3D effect I don’t see?
So funny to see a Dutch illusion on this site, I really like it!
Keep up the good work, greetings from Amsterdam!
I like these kinds of arts.
There is also an, I believe Dutch, design company who makes 3d objects on flat walls, which can only be viewed from a certain angle. Like the one in this link: http://www.phillennium.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/delta_inc.jpg
Kinda looks a photoshop item.
Peter is saying he’s seen this in person, so it must be real. Maybe it just looks off as it’s not done yet.
-Meshugga
Took me a while to figure out that the illusions are normally not in Dutch :)
http://www.indymedia.be/nl/node/30539
I believe the optical illusion is the words being painted on the ceiling and partiallly on the poles.
Therefor it looks like it’s vertical.
Translated it says:
SEE
WHAT I
SAY THAT I
CANNOT SAY
I think he means something like:
Open your eyes to the world, to notice the things that can’t be said out loud due to the general opinion.
Oh yes, I’m dutch too, never new so many dutchies viewed this blog.
The artwork is located in Antwerp according to one of the former posts.
Not bad, not bad. These single angle illusions are kinda neat looking. Would be nice to get another angle where you can’t see it, or perhaps, partially see it.
A few of the posts where asking for translation, from what full words I can read on the picture, the translation is as follows.
“zie wat ik zeg dat ik niet zeggen”
“See what I say that I do not say”
Thanks to BabelFish for the translation, if it is not correct, to someone who speaks dutch, would you could correct me please.
ohh, ohh, It’s not Dutch, it’s Belgium (same language, other Country ;-). Written by Joke van Leeuwen.
It’s placed for one year at the Theaterplein in Antwerpen. This was part of the worldday against child abuse. See also:
http://www.indymedia.be/nl/node/30539
btw
“Zie, (ik) zeg, zeggen” means “see, (I) say, say (infintive)”
More Dutch illusions please! I’m Dutch too, love the site!
This is not Photoshopped, you can see it live in Antwerp. And we are proud of it!
WHAT DOES IT SAY! SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT IT MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (and everyone else to.) BUT MOSTLY ME!!!!!!!!!
wat does it say
Like it alot!
It’s says.
See what I say, what I cant’s say.
It says:
“See what I say that I can’t say”
it’s belgian
what does it mean
To everyone who keeps asking what it says, the translation in the post…
SoRrY I DoNt SpEaK PoNy
it IS STUPID
It means; See what I say what I can’t say .
And it’s not an Illusion, it’s a building that really excist.
It is an illuison, because the celling bars are painted and the white poles also have some parts painted in such a way when you look at it at certain angle (angle of this photo) it seems straight, readable text, arranged to look like this ony on that angle! there are many examples of this style of optical illusions, I really like those ideas.
Nikki: relax, although I’m pretty sure you will never be able to understand such complexity of something like this ;)
wow. for every comment saying “first” there are 20 comments before that saying first ! WOW u people are idiots
Mikaa I wouldn’t blame them they didn’t see it so shut it and I’m sorry for being the creator and the bad guy but really Mikaa?