Wednesday, August 26, 2015

The Original

The mind's eye switches between the columns and the shadowy figures.
Contained within the vision and hearing section of the Exploratorium is the original "angel column" optical illusion.

In 1989 David Barker designed, lathed and painted the columns, an achievement perhaps unappreciated in an age of high-speed computers, rendering software, and 3D printing technology.

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