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Impossible figures

The artwork certainly gives meaning to the phrase a “flat organisation”. Why do you think that is? Hint: can the figures move between different levels or not?

This artwork was created by Oscar Reutersvärd. It does not matter if we decide that the figures in the picture are going up or down the stairs: they will still end up on the same plane. The image plays with perspectives by showing an even floor that should be on one and the same plane, but the image gives a different impression.