But it does look like this building is experiencing a dimensional shift, right? Shozy, a Russian artist, composed “<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CkJAHzToM7M/" alt="The Wave is Coming" class="on">The Wave is Coming</a>” for the upcoming <a href="http://umgfest.com/">International Mural Festival</a> in Balashikha, Russia.&nbsp;He’s covered one end of a 14-story apartment building with an image of individual units pulling in, pushing out, and struggling against the formal structure of conventional architecture. It’s a fantastic optical illusion that I would never want to look at while driving.-via <a href="https://streetartutopia.com/2022/10/26/the-wave-is-coming-by-shozy-in-balashikha-russia/">Street Art Utopia</a>#murals #opticalillusions #Shozy

This Is a Mural, Not a Distortion in Reality

<a href="https://streetartutopia.com/2022/08/10/sunlight-through-this-fountain-in-laquila-italy-makes-it-look-like-its-pouring-lava/">Street Art Utopia</a> shares this image of unknown provenance from L’Aquila, Italy. This 1934 sculpture by Nicola D’Antino shows two bronze nudes pouring water out of a bowl. Fontana Luminosa (Luminous Fountain) forms the center of a fountain the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Fontana+Luminosa/@42.3539599,13.4007969,18.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x132fd2fc47b010b5:0xe27790ee4346e210!8m2!3d42.3538412!4d13.4013442">center of the city</a>.When viewed from the right angle at the right time of day, sunlight washes through the water to create the impression that the women are pouring out lava or liquid sunlight rather than pure water. A 2020 <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Abruzzo/nY_5DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&amp;gbpv=1&amp;dq=fontana+luminosa+l%27aquila&amp;pg=PA38&amp;printsec=frontcover">travel guidebook</a> to Abruzzo, the region of Italy in which L’Aquila can be found, reveals that lamps can add other colors to the image.#fountains #opticalillusions #Italy