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Impossible Connections
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In the center of the Belgian village Ophoven is a sculpture showing an impossible triangle. Of course it only works from one direction. Seen from any other side, it just looks like metal bars in a weird shape. |
Impossible Cube |
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Click on the enlarged picture to see how you can actually construct a cube like this. The picture was taken from Wikipedia. |
Hommage to MC Escher (Hommage a MC Escher) - Sandro Del-Prete |
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A highly unusual work, reminiscent of Eschers endless stairs. The four buildings are all above or below each other in a circular fashion. |
Encounter between The Stone of the wise Dürer and J. de Meys owl (Ontmoeting tussen De Steen van de wijze Dürer en de uil van J. de Mey) - Jos de Mey, 1997 |
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The upper and lower side of this stone frame don't match. What start at the bottom as the front of a little pillar turns out to be a side at the top. You'd turn you neck 180 degrees for less. |
In- sight window for Ars et Mathesis friends (Uit- en Inzichtraam voor Ars et Mathesisvrienden) - Jos de Mey, 1994 |
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Here's the little man from Eschers "Belvedere" again, sitting on the edge of a, let's say, special window. |
Belvédère (Belvédère) - MC Escher, 1958 |
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The upper and lower half of the building are quite normal. It’s the combination of the two which is impossible. If the lower half has a north-south orientation, the upper half is oriented east-west. The ladder starts inside the building, and when you climb it you'll get on the outside. |  View on Allposters.com |
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The purest form of an impossible figure. With a minimum of connections, something is drawn that cannot exist. This shape was the inspiration for an innumerable amount of impossible artworks ; including those made by Escher. It's also accredited to Roger Penrose because he published it first in 1958. |
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The impossible connection is very simple but it looks sooooo great : the impossible swimming pool. It wouldn't be impossible if the stairs just ended up in the air. |
The Kennel of Confusion |
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Talking about clumsy . . . This guy has just made an impossible doghouse ! It's really made out of wood, by the way. You could build this too. Can you figure out how he's done it without looking at the explanation ? |
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This is a real photograph of a wooden object. How is this done ? |
Making the city work together. |
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This poster reads "Manchester Metroshuttle. Making the city work together". The funny thing is, if you haven't worked it out already : none of these cogs can actually move. They are all in each others way so this thing won't work at all. I guess there were no engineers - or people with common sense - at the agency. |
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