Illusion? Not Really. The House has a Tunnel
December 8, 2009 Cool Homes, Very cool, art, optical illusions No Comments
What to do with an old home that is slated for demolition? Call in artists sculptors Dan Havel and Dean Ruck . The pair of Houston artists took on the challenge of visually transforming two buildings in a Montrose neighborhood into a work of art.
The project was called Inversion. It took two houses that once housed art classes and created an incredible illusion out of them. The houses that these two artists re-created were the property of The Art League. The Art League offered the old studios to Havel and Ruck to go nuts with for the short amount of time before demolition was to begin making way for brand new studios for The Art League.
The illusion of a house turned inside out was finally created and it was on display for all to see in the summer of 2005. The tunnel started at the front of the home and went straight through ending up in a small type of slide coming out the back. You go in walking and you crawl out as the tunnel contracts.
Unfortunately, the artwork was temporary and eventually did get demolished.

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