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In April 2013, Internet users were puzzled and amazed by a video from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) purportedly documenting the existence of a so-called 'Escherian Stairwell' (named for the Dutch graphic artist M. C. Escher, famous for his impossible reality artworks, such as the never-ending Penrose Stairway) which violates the laws of physics and basic logic by looping back into itself: As described in a 30 April 2013 article published on RIT's web site, the video showing off the unusual stairway was supposedly the third installment of a Can You Imagine series about interesting facts, stories and myths of RIT: Quite obviously no physics-defying Escherian Stairwell exists in the real world. The video was a bit of trickery created through the use of deceptive camera angles, careful editing, and digital effects, produced in conjunction with a (failed) Kickstarter campaign (The Stairwell Project: Building a Modern Myth) intended to help fund the creation of videos, articles, web pages, and other material establishing a backstory for the mythical stairway in time for Imagine RIT, the school's annual Innovation & Creativity Festival: The following video features an explanation of the intent behind the Kickstarter campaign:
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