Japanese scenery

Japanese torii gate in a nighttime setting.

If all of the heatwaves and forest fires haven’t yet made it clear—the summer this year was an extreme one... just like the ones before it. And unless you’ve been living under an especially cool rock, you probably spent a lot of time making sure you're drinking enough water, lounging in the shade, and praying for cooler weather.

Italian artist under the nickname Peeta transforms static buildings into visually-striking optical illusions, by painting abstract shapes onto them. The artist paints murals that appear to be dissolving, morphing and ever-changing as the illusions depend on the viewing angle. "When painting on walls, my aim is always to create a dialogue with the structural and cultural parameters of the surrounding context, either architectural or not," Peeta says in his official website.