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Tourist falls into museum black hole artwork


Still Waters

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Not everybody 'gets' art, but one man's failure to comprehend the artwork in front of him was so extreme he literally fell through a black void into limbo.

A museum visitor scrutinising Anish Kapoor's Descent Into Limbo at the Serralves Museum in Portugal let curiosity get the better of him when inspecting the ultra-black optical illusion, and unwittingly fell into it.

The accident – which makes the artwork's name seem eerily prescient – happened last Monday, and ultimately required hospital treatment for the 60-year-old Italian tourist who took the fall (but is thankfully okay).

https://www.sciencealert.com/somebody-actually-fell-into-ultra-black-artwork-looks-fake-hole-vantablack-anish-kapoor

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7 hours ago, seanjo said:

"Not everybody 'gets' art"

 

Since when is an 8-foot deep hole painted black, art?

Oh that is still normal art...

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7 hours ago, Still Waters said:

Not everybody 'gets' art, but one man's failure to comprehend the artwork in front of him was so extreme he literally fell through a black void into limbo.

A museum visitor scrutinising Anish Kapoor's Descent Into Limbo at the Serralves Museum in Portugal let curiosity get the better of him when inspecting the ultra-black optical illusion, and unwittingly fell into it.

The accident – which makes the artwork's name seem eerily prescient – happened last Monday, and ultimately required hospital treatment for the 60-year-old Italian tourist who took the fall (but is thankfully okay).

https://www.sciencealert.com/somebody-actually-fell-into-ultra-black-artwork-looks-fake-hole-vantablack-anish-kapoor

I had mixed feelings on this one ranging from - it would have happened to me too...and then shame, poor guy...to that's sort of funny...back to poor guy, glad he is okay...

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You'd think they might have put up a sign or something.

Like...hey...don't fall in.

 

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Maybe they should have roped it off.

I mean...it does really, really look like a cartoon hole. 

The problem is that it works like one, too. 

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2 hours ago, GlitterRose said:

Maybe they should have roped it off.

I mean...it does really, really look like a cartoon hole. 

The problem is that it works like one, too. 

stop making me laugh, Rose, I am trying to seem concerned as I read this...

*walks away stifling snickers*

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Everyone here seems to be missing the gravity of the situation :rofl: ...

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32 minutes ago, taniwha said:

Everyone here seems to be missing the gravity of the situation :rofl: ...

Ain't that the whole truth ? 

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