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RVA 5x5 - ALT 5 - March 11, 2024
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You can find the 5 main stories from Sunday’s edition here, and today features the “ALT 5” stories for a nice, leisurely, read about the good in RVA. Enjoy!
THE ALT 5
ALT #1 — OFF THE BEATEN PATH: Illusionary Art
Marysa Tuttle at WRIC takes a fuzzy look at an illusion art show that tries to mess with your mind and your vision and is on display at ArtWorks in Manchester. Artist Wendy Van Boxtel has created her first art exhibition entitled “Emerging” and it uses illusion art pieces as wall art coupled with provoking messages.
One of the main aspects of Boxtel’s exhibition is its immersive and interactive illusion art pieces. Viewers are encouraged to walk back and forth, or even lower themselves to the floor, to watch some of Boxtel’s portraits follow them with their movements.
“I love seeing people’s reaction,” Boxtel said. “They are not understanding their eyesight. They walk back and forth. They’r…
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