Jan W. Marcus

Statement

During my professional life as a civil engineer I became interested in tensegrities. Also M.C. Escher’s impossible figures did have my interest. Combining tensegrities and impossible figures makes "impossible structures". Obviously for determining strength and stiffness of these solid structures, computers essential. Same computer-models used in FEM-computer programs, can also be used to create Cylinder Anamorphosis. By translating and/or rotating these 3D models in a developed computer program, "impossible structures" become visible into the reflecting cylinder.

Artworks

In the reflecting cylinder an impossible arch becomes visible

In the reflecting cylinder Istvan Orosz's The Wall II becomes visible.

In the reflecting cylinder the impossible cuboid becomes visible.