Artist Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle currently has a slightly bizarre installation on display at Mass MoCa. His piece titled ‘Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With’ features a 50x50 home and turns it upside down.
The piece is based on an old writer’s proofreading theory that if you read something backwards, you will catch more grammatical and spelling errors than if you read it normally. Everything in the house seems to be perfectly intact after being turned upside down, except for a shattered coffee cup.
Topsy-Turvy Homes
'Gravity is a Force to be Reckoned With' is on Display at Mass Moca
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