An Illusory Swimming Pool 虛幻游泳池

An Argentinian artist named Leandro Erlich has created an illusory swimming pool. This pool looks the same as a normal pool， but when you enter the pool， you will see a surreal scene： people wearing daily clothes， standing， walking and breathing underwater. Is such a scene outrageous？

In fact， there is an underwater room in the pool， that is hollow. The artist spread a chunk of thick Acrylic board across the pool and injected 10 cm of water into it， creating the illusion of a standard pool.

Leandro began his artistic career at the age of 16. He is very good at using visual effects to create absurd illusions， then helps make the virtual scene into reality. When we enter this space that subverts visual cognition and begin to wonder， we even doubt our eyes， and cant tell the difference between fantasy and reality. The artist will take you out and see the truth through clever arrangements. And when you suddenly realize the moment， you really have had an artistic experience.

阿根廷藝術家Leandro Erlich創造了一個虛幻游泳池。這個泳池看起來和普通泳池沒什么區別，但當你進入泳池，會看到一個超現實的場景：人們穿著日常的衣服，在水下站立、行走和呼吸。這樣的場景反常嗎？

其實，泳池下方有一個水下房間，里面是中空的。藝術家將一大塊厚厚的亞克力板橫跨在泳池上方，再注入10厘米深的水，營造出標準泳池的錯覺。

Leandro在16歲就開始了自己的藝術生涯。他很擅長利用視覺效果造成荒誕的幻象，將虛擬融入現實。當人們進入這個顛覆視覺認知的空間開始產生疑惑時，甚至懷疑自己的眼睛、分不清虛幻與現實時，藝術家又會通過巧妙的安排，帶你走出表象，看清真實。而當你恍然大悟的那一刻，你就真正完成了一次藝術體驗。

Vocabulary

illusory adj.虛幻的

outrageous adj.反常的;令人驚訝的

hollow adj.空洞的;空腹的

inject v.注射;添加;投入

subvert v.推翻，顛覆