The Bilvet
The Blivet
An optical Illusion is an object or drawing that fools the audience to believe that the object they are looking at is defying their knowledge of conventional space and laws of the Universe. We will create a drawing of an optical illusion, known as The Devil’s Fork, as it displays 3 prongs at the top yet the bottom shows it has 2 prongs. The Blivet has been described as, “10 pounds of manure in a 5 pound bag”
Our object uses parallel lines and angles to make the viewer perceive that the object is possible at first glance, and further inspection has had audiences recorded saying, “It’s hurts my brain to look at this.” and “How does that work?” Which is great because I know that it works. Since the lines are so close and constant, it is more confusing, the more you look at it. We determine the object in two colors and eliminate shading because it would give the object more definition, therefore revealing the ruse.
It fools the viewer as to thinking it has three prongs, and as we invite them to look more into it with the simple question, “How many prongs are there?” Once they give an answer we respond, “Are you sure?” And thus will delve deeper into why it looks the way it does. It creates a paradox through space, as this object is physically impossible to create.
It opens up new possibilities to mesh art with mathematics. Artists can take the parallel lines idea to incorporate confusion into their pieces. Since the object captivates the viewer and makes them look twice, it makes the viewer want to focus on the object, and can thus be used effectively in advertising, just as MAD Magazine did with the shape in their 95th issue from March of 1965
So we Can conclude that: It makes viewers want to further pursue this shape and all the secrets it holds. It holds reason as an abstract shape. It constructs arguments towards space itself, where one questions the very possibilities of such a shape. It can be modelled with basic Mathematics. In order to research and study this shape, requires precision and a sophisticated mind, the tools of a mathematician. This shape could even revolutionize architecture, and exploring the spatial planes and their properties. Although this is a mystery to us, if we just saw past the confusion, we could find answers to dimensional properties maybe.
Source of Information: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ImpossibleFork.html
An optical Illusion is an object or drawing that fools the audience to believe that the object they are looking at is defying their knowledge of conventional space and laws of the Universe. We will create a drawing of an optical illusion, known as The Devil’s Fork, as it displays 3 prongs at the top yet the bottom shows it has 2 prongs. The Blivet has been described as, “10 pounds of manure in a 5 pound bag”
Our object uses parallel lines and angles to make the viewer perceive that the object is possible at first glance, and further inspection has had audiences recorded saying, “It’s hurts my brain to look at this.” and “How does that work?” Which is great because I know that it works. Since the lines are so close and constant, it is more confusing, the more you look at it. We determine the object in two colors and eliminate shading because it would give the object more definition, therefore revealing the ruse.
It fools the viewer as to thinking it has three prongs, and as we invite them to look more into it with the simple question, “How many prongs are there?” Once they give an answer we respond, “Are you sure?” And thus will delve deeper into why it looks the way it does. It creates a paradox through space, as this object is physically impossible to create.
It opens up new possibilities to mesh art with mathematics. Artists can take the parallel lines idea to incorporate confusion into their pieces. Since the object captivates the viewer and makes them look twice, it makes the viewer want to focus on the object, and can thus be used effectively in advertising, just as MAD Magazine did with the shape in their 95th issue from March of 1965
So we Can conclude that: It makes viewers want to further pursue this shape and all the secrets it holds. It holds reason as an abstract shape. It constructs arguments towards space itself, where one questions the very possibilities of such a shape. It can be modelled with basic Mathematics. In order to research and study this shape, requires precision and a sophisticated mind, the tools of a mathematician. This shape could even revolutionize architecture, and exploring the spatial planes and their properties. Although this is a mystery to us, if we just saw past the confusion, we could find answers to dimensional properties maybe.
Source of Information: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ImpossibleFork.html
I faced many challenges when creating my poster board. First was how do we make our illusion interactive. This was by far the most difficult thing we faced over the course of this project. With only a few days until exhibition I came up with plan. We designed our board so that stripes of paper with facts could be pulled from the prawns of the blivet. This drawed the audience in while also posing the questions about how many prawn there were in the blivet. We had many many more small problems when creating the pull out facts. First how to push the facts back in once pulled out of the board. To solve this I attached strings to the end of the strips and strung them through so they could be pulled through the board and pack into place. Next the strips would be pulled all the way through the board and fall out. I then taped little pieces of paper so that when the fact was pulled all the way it would stop before coming out. Last the facts would swing out and hang side ways. I secured them with a piece of tape that would stick to the board but not onto the facts so they could slide in and out. Once we had solved everything little thing that could go wrong we know we were done.
literacy plays a big role into any project. Half of presenting anything is being able to explain it in words. This project was a challenging because it could be hard to explain but with patients I think it came out very well.
I learned a lot about illusions, paradox, and riddles during this project. While my project only focused on one I learned about my peers work through critique, observation, and showcasing other peoples booths during exhibition. This project has helped teach me that not everything is what it seems. Sometimes, especially in math, we need to take a second look at things. Also it taught me that if something doesn't make sense you can still figure out the answer. For example, my project the velvet. I had seen the velvet before but never took the time to figure it out. When I researched it, it turns out it isn't really that complicated. It just took a little time to comprehend.
The blivet was fairly simple. I dont have any more questions about it. I think if I was to add to my write up it probably wouldn't be about the velvet specifically. Just about illusions in general.