Fooling gravity

That’s what I’d say this man is doing through his performances.

Johan Lorbeer is a German performing artist that became famous in his home country through his Still Life street shows. Through a very ingenious optical illusion, Lorbeer makes it seem like he is defying gravity just by leaning off buildings. Try to guess how he pulls this stunt off and learn if you guessed right by looking at the last photo.

Although he is clearly a brilliant artist and has been performing for quite some time, Johan Lorbeer is still semi-unknown on an international level. Here’s a link to his personal page.

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Comments

bah! the last picture isn’t showing. am i being teased or am i cursed?

Count the arms again.

Very nice use of engineering… Think about the forces acting on the fixings. Me thinks he has bee talking to his local Hilti rep…

Nice, and clever way to perform it :P

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