Art can sometimes play tricks on the mind thanks to optical illusions, although rarely does this kind of art put anyone in real danger.
But one art installation did, as a man visiting the Fundação de Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal on Aug. 13 accidentally fell into the work of famed artist Anish Kapoor titled Descent Into Limbo — which features a hole in the ground made to look like a mere spot on the floor.
The visitor — reportedly an Italian man in his 60s — allegedly wanted to see if the void was indeed just that and subsequently fell about eight feet to the bottom of the installation. To the illusion’s credit, there were multiple caution signs set up around the piece as well as a guard tasked with keeping visitors away from the hole.
Although the man did have to be hospitalized after the fall, a spokesperson for the museum told Artnet News that “The visitor has already left the hospital and he is recovering well.”
That must be a lot of fucking paint for it to appear circular at multiple angles. Those things typically look wonky if there's not enough paint.
Ethan Rodriguez
I find increasing solace in the fact this planet will eventually be struck by an asteroid and all record of this clown world will be buried under a mountain of ice and rock
Zachary Rivera
fuck you pleb
the hole was an optical illusion that took a lot of work to create
it took very little work to convince you that you are redpilled
you are inferior
Samuel Sullivan
That's even worse. Instead of applying his free time into learning anatomy and trying to make something beautiful, instead he wastes it by making a hole. What a retard.
