The Escherian Stairwell!

[pinkpopcorn]

This just blows me out of the water. OK. How does this work? WOW!

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBY4HaAngaA

[Lance]

It doesn't ...

The myth is that located in Rochester, NY, is the Escherian Stairwell, an architectural marvel that seems to violate the laws of physics and basic logic by looping back into itself. In order to lend credence to this myth, we're creating an episode for a family-friendly science show that demonstrates the staircase in action, various clips from a 1997 documentary with prominent thinkers grappling with the existence of this apparent contradiction and pontificating on its implications, and a whole slew of supplemental online materials for today's internet savvy audience to stumble across while trying to see if this thing is real (websites, scholarly articles, fan-pages, blogs, etc.). Help us build the myth!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1123493397/the-stairwell-project-building-a-modern-myth?ref=live

[Rachel]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/technology/escherian.asp

[pinkpopcorn]

My daughter absolutely loved M C Escher's artwork. She herself was an artist and often did optical illusion artwork (Op Art). I just could not for the life of me figure out what this video was about. LOL Thanks for helping me realize I am still somewhat sane! 

[ReadYourBible]

I am a huge Escher fan as well,  I had for a number of years.......this t-shirt