Comments on: Impossible Triangle Sculpture

By: Martin Sevior

Martin Sevior — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Way cool James!

The view from the other locations shows how you’d need a 4th dimension to close the triangle in 3-D

By: Tor Lillqvist

Tor Lillqvist — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Odd that they didn’t choose the orientation so that when viewed from the “right” location, there would be a less distracting background… (Or does it look differently when viewed by eye?)

By: James Henstridge

James Henstridge — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Tor: the sculpture is in the middle of the round about seen here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?z=18&ll=-31.951621,115.876907&t=k&om=1

I took the photos from the park just south of the round about. While you’d get a nicer view if the sculpture was rotated 180°, you’d only be able to appreciate it when standing by the side of the road.

By: Tim Denholm

Tim Denholm — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I saw that sculpture when I was in Perth last and thought nothing of it. Now I know what it is, thanks James!

By: Davyd

Davyd — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I love that thing.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I think the original sculpture is in Escher’s home town of Eindhoven (Netherlands. They’ve put it on the central reservation of a dual carriageway and I nearly crashed my car as I drove towards it in disbelief