Spatial Puzzles (42)

Equivocal space: an ambiguous space in which it is hard to distinguish the foreground from the background. Your perception seems to alternate from one to the other.
In order to use this technique, artists have developed transparency in which overlapping forms appear to be transparent.
For example: both these apples are clear and where they overlap, the colors darken.


In this contour drawing, everything is drawn through each other which creates confusion to the viewer as to what lies on top and what does not.