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September 28, 2004

M.C. Escher's "Relativity" in LEGO®

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"Unlike many of Escher's other 'impossible' pictures (like 'Ascending and Descending') , there is actually no optical illusion involved here. Gravity seems to be working in three different directions simultaneously, but the picture shows a perfectly self-consistent physical scene. So modelling it should certainly be feasible. But while Escher's picture has three different "up"s, LEGO isn't quite so flexible..."












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Main site is 403 Forbidden? WTF??

Posted by: Doug | May 15, 2005 12:24:48 PM

It's in the internet archive: http://web.archive.org/web/20041012034803/http://www.lipsons.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/escher/relativity.html

Posted by: Robert Hulme | Sep 9, 2005 8:03:52 PM

i luv dis pic! hehe! its funni!

Posted by: mini miss | Apr 23, 2007 12:31:52 PM

totally sweet

Posted by: summer | Sep 27, 2007 12:50:41 PM

This is a great pix! You get entertained by just looking at it! hehehehe =D

Posted by: Jocelin | Jun 19, 2008 12:24:23 PM

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