Trickeye Museum

Today is the Independence Day for Korea, aka I got the day off. It is interesting being here when they have their Independence Day because it is just so different from the ones I have in the states. In the states, we would celebrate with fireworks but I have not seen any fireworks. It might also just be because of the area I live in.

In celebration of having the day off, me and some of the other english teachers at my school decided to go to Hongdae. It is one of the many neighborhoods within the Seoul. Hongdae is where Hongik University is and is known as the entertainment area and clubbing district, though we did not go for clubbing. One of the teachers found out about a museum called the Trick Eye Museum and so we all decided to go on our day off.

The introduction of the pamphlet states:
"Trickeye Museum is an interactive museum with a new concept that simulates your creativity and imagination by Trompe-l'œil (eye-tricking, French) technique through your vision. The time has come when you can enter the picture, which you used to only watch and become the subject of the picture yourself! You are invited to the world of various masterpieces and wonderful three dimensional pictures."

It was a very fun and interesting. Here are some of my favorite images.

(make this one bigger, it plays with your eyes)

You can find more images on my Flickr photostream!

If you want to find out more about the museum here is a link to their Facebook page because it is in English as opposed to their website.
Trickeye Museum Facebook