Ah, the power of optical illusion! A morphing installation outside the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts wows visitors with its rippling lines and geometric forms. The installation’s shape fully emphasizes the mural that covers it. The mural, called Moving Dunes, was designed to challenge the role of perspective in visual representation:
“We feel that the installation is a kind of public/exterior extension of the exhibition,” Proulx tells My Modern Met, “so the visitor could immerse themselves in an abstract and playful environment, a giant ‘trompe l’oeil' in reference to cubist techniques.” The architecture firm achieved that aim through the use of an optical illusion process called anamorphosis, which requires the viewer to observe the mural from a particular vantage point in order to fully appreciate its form. Experiencing it from alternate viewpoints would break the illusion.
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