Town-Sized Optical Illusion

By John Farrier in Art, Pictures on Oct 28, 2009 at 2:37 pm


Photo: Today and Tomorrow

Swiss artist Felice Varini is known for his massive art installations that show different images depending on the viewer’s vantage point. Recently, he created an optical illusion that covered the entire Swiss town of Vercorin. In the picture above, it looks like rings have been drawn over an image, but what Varini has done is painted walls and roofs at particular angels to give this impression. Click on the link for pictures that show how Varini crated this illusion.

Link via Make | Artist’s Website | Previously on Neatorama: Felice Varini’s Ellipse Anamorphic Art


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  2. Wes
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 3:52 pm

    Which particular angels painted the circles?

  3. LisaL
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 4:20 pm

    I hope that paint washes off.

  4. somealien
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 4:28 pm

    Neat … but why would anyone allow this guy to paint their house with a part of a skewed circle?

  5. Morgan
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    What’s the purpose of this art?

  6. Hola
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 5:55 pm

    Trying too hard to too little effect.

  7. MrPumpernickel
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    So tracing and defacing old and rather beautiful buildings is art now? I swear, the word is getting more watered down with every day that passes.

  8. Justify
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 8:57 pm

    @Morgan

    Why does it need to have a purpose?

    Art for art. It’s that simple.

  9. Salesman of the Month
    Oct 29th, 2009 at 8:01 am

    The art is in convincing all those people to let him to do this, and somebody else to fund it.

    For the next installation he’ll make everyone in Geneva walk around carrying a Watermelon on a snowy day. Beautiful effect.

  10. Shen
    Oct 29th, 2009 at 9:54 am

    i didn’t see the illusion mentionned…
    painted circle didn;t change a thing, it wasn’t a new thing i guess lol but that must have taken alot of skill to make it appear that way though!!

  11. ted
    Oct 29th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Art is for Art’s sake.

    It’s not the point that’s in question here; it’s the “why expend the effort on something so inconsequential” that boggles the mind.


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