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The Holes of Il Disinganno

Art counts. Morgan models. The marble refuses convergence.

The Green KnightThe Holes of Il Disinganno

Game Brief

The game is played each year at Christmastide. Each player must submit a count for the number of holes in il Disinganno's marble net. Art knows the true number and has never shared it with Morgan. She submits her count, and each year he tells her the same thing: no, not this year.

About the Statue

The piece is Il Disinganno by Francesco Queirolo, in the Cappella Sansevero, Naples. The carved net is the center of the wager: impossible to glance, difficult to count, and easy to misread from every angle.

Arts Rules

  1. If water can pass through it, a hole.
  2. Contains more than one hole, not a hole — a net.
  3. An ant could walk the length of the rope surrounding a hole.
  4. Count until you arrive at the same number twice.
  5. The number is not always the same.

Gallery

Christmastide Submission

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