http://www.metafilter.com/tags/ShigeoFukuda Posts tagged with 'ShigeoFukuda' at MetaFilter. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:41:30 -0800 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:41:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/62253/Wont%2Dget%2Dnotfooled%2Dagain <a href="http://www.pantherhouse.com/newshelton/freeze-frame-screen-the-shadow-hot-heads-under-silent-wigs/">Garbage + illumination = art?</a> <a href="http://www.ps1.org/cut/press/noble.html">Various</a> <a href="http://psylux.psych.tu-dresden.de/i1/kaw/diverses%20Material/www.illusionworks.com/html/art_of_shigeo_fukuda.html">artists</a> carefully pile rubbish on a gallery floor, or meticulously assemble a collection of ordinary items, plug in a light source, and create incredibly detailed and surprising shadows on the wall. Meanwhile, blog commenters cry "Fake!" and "Photoshop!". I guess they didn't see any of the Quicktime movies of Shigeo Fukuda linked <a href="http://www.illusionworks.com/mod/fukuda.htm">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.62253 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:41:30 -0800 anamorphic art credulity fake illusion photoshop real sculpture shadows ShigeoFukuda skepticism SueWebster TimNoble maudlin http://www.metafilter.com/36983/Art%2Dof%2DDeception The <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/fukuda.htm">sculptures of Shigeo Fukuda</a> show that <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/movies/fukuda/Motorcycle.mpeg" title="A shadow sculpture made of cutlery">shadows</a> and <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/movies/fukuda/Fukudasunflowers.mpg" title="Gogh's Sunflowers, an anamorph">reflections</a> <small>(mpegs)</small> may not be what they appear to be. When you turn <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/escher.htm" title="Interviews with the man">M.C. Escher</a>'s drawings into sculptures, you can get some <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/movies/fukuda/FukudaBelvedere.mpg">impossible objects</a> <small>(mpeg)</small>. And <a href="http://www.termespheres.com/termes.html">Dick Termes</a> paintings on globes are <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/movies/termes/TERMES3.mov" title="I want one, or two">stunning examples</a> <small>(Quicktime)</small> of <a href="http://www.termespheres.com/perspective.html">six point perspective</a>. All of these works of illusionary art are featured in the book <a href="http://neuro.caltech.edu/%7Eseckel/mod/">Masters of Deception: Escher, Dal&#0237; &amp; the Artists of Optical Illusion</a> and must be seen to be believed. tag:metafilter.com,2004:site.36983 Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:29:22 -0800 Art Dali Escher Illusions sculpture ShigeoFukuda Termes euphorb