The project did a good job in explaining Multistable Perception and showing interesting examples of the phenomenon. I particularly thought that the discussion of the art pieces were interesting, as they touched upon how the illusion is used in the piece, going deeper and analyzing why the artists may have chosen to use the optical illusion.
Something that could be explored further is the biological basis for the phenomenon, something which this research paper seems to touch on.
http://www.unic.cnrs-gif.fr/media/pdf/Leopold_Logothetis_-_1999_-_Multistable_phenomena_changing_views_in_perception.pdf
Nonetheless, this project did a good job in all aspects, especially in giving and describing examples in which the optical illusion was purposefully used to achieve an effect.
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Henri
Posted on 2015-10-19 16:56:44 -0400.
I especially liked that Rememory piece, that really does a number on you all at once. The stairs one is great also, and I've seen all manner of fancy cylindrical shapes in science museums, in the vision section. This link has a study along with a couple of interesting examples, including those wacky photos where you can interpret what belongs where depending on your perception, which is really cool. And of course, the heads and the jars. But I think it'd be especially interesting to look at real life phenomena of this too, and not just abstract shapes.
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2192947
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Katherine Martinez
Posted on 2015-10-20 08:27:40 -0400.
This concept is really cool, and despite it being pretty well known, your project was engaging enough to keep reading. I didn't feel that the silhouette image brought much to the table as I'm unfamiliar with Mystery Science Theater 3000 - you might want to choose a more universal image or give a non-silhouette example of the character. I also would have liked to see more concrete ideas of how you might use this concept in your own work! Your media examples were very good, especially "Rememory", that was an excellent choice. Good topic choice and great job explaining it!
The project did a good job in explaining Multistable Perception and showing interesting examples of the phenomenon. I particularly thought that the discussion of the art pieces were interesting, as they touched upon how the illusion is used in the piece, going deeper and analyzing why the artists may have chosen to use the optical illusion.
Something that could be explored further is the biological basis for the phenomenon, something which this research paper seems to touch on.
http://www.unic.cnrs-gif.fr/media/pdf/Leopold_Logothetis_-_1999_-_Multistable_phenomena_changing_views_in_perception.pdf
Nonetheless, this project did a good job in all aspects, especially in giving and describing examples in which the optical illusion was purposefully used to achieve an effect.
I especially liked that Rememory piece, that really does a number on you all at once. The stairs one is great also, and I've seen all manner of fancy cylindrical shapes in science museums, in the vision section. This link has a study along with a couple of interesting examples, including those wacky photos where you can interpret what belongs where depending on your perception, which is really cool. And of course, the heads and the jars. But I think it'd be especially interesting to look at real life phenomena of this too, and not just abstract shapes.
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2192947
This concept is really cool, and despite it being pretty well known, your project was engaging enough to keep reading. I didn't feel that the silhouette image brought much to the table as I'm unfamiliar with Mystery Science Theater 3000 - you might want to choose a more universal image or give a non-silhouette example of the character. I also would have liked to see more concrete ideas of how you might use this concept in your own work! Your media examples were very good, especially "Rememory", that was an excellent choice. Good topic choice and great job explaining it!
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