All Art is illusion-- lies, deception, trickery... Consider the much-discussed painting, The Treachery of Images ("Ceci n'est pas une pipe"; "This is not a pipe"), by the French surrealist painter, René Magritte (1898-1967). Using digital tools, for instance the adobe suite (illustrator, photoshop, after effects etc.), you will create a series of 5 images (jpg, gif, mov, etc.), 4 of which are blatant lies, and 1 which attempts to capture “truth.” Lies are easy, the truth may prove to be more slippery.
This is not a pipe. What is a pipe? You cannot pack tobacco into this, you cannot light it, you cannot puff smoke out of it. This is NOT a pipe. It is a metaphor, it is a representation, it is a symbol, it is an illusion, a lie, trickery...
What is this?
How do you know?
Are you sure?
what about this?
is this the same?
What is this?