Illusions

QUOTE Magicians provide laughs, illusions at Dutch AppleBy LAURA KNOWLES2010-01-07 17:49:00Intelligencer JournalLancaster New EraJanuary is a good time to escape from the cold and have a few laughs.It may take a little magic. But that's OK.Post your thoughts and comments about this article.  

Writer Neal Genzlinger has an amusing article in the New York Times explaining how those beautiful, digitized DVDs of vintage TV shows can destroy your childhood illusions. Genzlinger decided to watch the shows in slow motion and discovered that some of the great stunts he has been impressed by since the 1960s turned out to be cheap special effects. Read how DVD destroyed his enjoyment of F Troop, The Munsters and I Dream of Jeannie by...  

Grown up on a diet of illusionists and magicians, that you want to emulate the careers of David Blaine and David Copperfield instead of taking the traditional engineer/doctor/lawyer route? The Freaky Body Illusions set ought to get you started on the right footing then, letting you perform seemingly “miracles” by stretching your ear to an [...]  

HAMBURG.- Trompe-l’œil is distinguished not just by its realism – after all, still life, perspective painting and photography can all claim to be realistic – but by its wit. In the best trompe-l’œil the artist deliberately sets out to trick you, and then lets you know you have been tricked. The exhibition Genuine Illusions: The Art of Trompe-l'œil celebrates the charm, irony and sometimes irreverence of trompe-l’œil, from antiquity to...  

Youtube user Brusspup made these animated optical illusions by carefully combining slices of different drawings, then sliding an image of vertical lines over the top. That part is straightforward. The illusion comes in when your brain interprets the small white slits that it sees into larger shapes. He also has a nice tutorial on the technique: I can understand doing this by hand to learn how this works, but it seems like the perfect...  

Source: The Review Greg Frewin’s grand illusions First of three parts Posted By JOHN LAW REVIEW STAFF WRITER Last January, The Niagara Falls Review gained rare access behind-the-scenes with Greg Frewin for the filming of his first television special. A three-part series, which continues Saturday, follows the Niagara Falls magician as he battles fatigue and the elements in front [...] Related posts:Rumours Nightclub hosts 7th Erotic Exotic...  

David Shulman Detained Palestinians near an IDF post in Hebron, photographed by an Israeli soldier (Shovrim Shtika) Questions of human rights abuses in Israel and the charges of war crimes put forward by the UN’s Goldstone report have produced little more than the usual disingenuous accusations of anti-Semitism. Even Moshe Halbertal, an unusually cogent Israeli participant-observer, takes the Goldstone commission to task in The New Republic...  

This guy kinda creeps me out. The artist describes himself as a "face paint illusionist" and he’s recently been featured in a 'Ripley’s Believe It or Not!' picture book. His particular form of artistic body painting is just for fun, though his other artwork has been displayed in galleries.  

Thirteen dead and 31 wounded would be a bad day for the US military in Afghanistan, and a great victory for the Taliban. When it happens in Texas, in the heart of the biggest military base in the nation, at a processing center for soldiers either returning from or deploying to combat overseas, it is not merely a “tragedy” (as too many people called it) but a glimpse of a potentially fatal flaw at the heart of what we have called, since 9/11...  

"For all the fun we have with them, illusions do serious work in illuminating how our brains work, and in particular how perception works. They may also help us understand how consciousness developed, and tell us about our 'neuro-archaeology'."...  

(TrendHunter.com) As the world becomes more and more simulated in terms of virtual reality and the likes, it’s not surprising that artists, designers and other tricksters are increasingly bringing intriguing optical illusions…  

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Florence's Palazzo Strozzi gallery is playing host to an unusual exhibition of art works designed to deceive the eye. All the pieces in the Art and Illusions collection are classed as trompe l'oeil...  

In this article, I'll detail a few more science experiments that are simple to do, and teach your child all about the wonders of light and visual illusions.Contributor: Grace FosterPublished: Nov 04, 2009  

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