Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Optical Illusion Transforms A Street In Montreal Into Wavy Sand Dunes

In Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi once said “Your eyes can deceive you, don’t trust them.” And it seems that nothing represents that as well as the artwork “Moving Dunes” created by the Canadian architecture firm NÓS.

The dunes bend the viewer’s perspective in such a way that it forms a deceptive path mimicking patterns you’d see on sand in a desert. The huge chrome spheres add to the illusory effect and the result is absolutely mind-bending.

According to the NÓS, the artwork is “an experiential mirage in the heart of downtown Montreal that interweaves real and virtual.” It was created as part of the 2008 exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts titled “From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present.” Drawing inspiration from the cubist painters, the illusory artwork was installed on the Avenue de Musée as part of the yearly call for artists.

More info: N-O-S.ca

The “Moving Dunes” is the illusory artwork installed on a street in Montreal, Canada

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

Image credits: Alex Lesage

It bends the viewer’s perspective in such a way that the Avenue de Musée street appears to be moving

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

The mural was inspired by cubism and created by Canadian architecture firm NÓS

Image credits: Olivier Bousquet

Image credits: Charles Laurence Proulx

Image credits: Raphaël Thibodeau

As the viewer moves, the sand shapes are reversed, and the ground comes alive

Image credits: Eloa Defly

Image credits: Eloa Defly



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