A line of businessmen in suits queues for the lift. It's a ski lift, odd sight indoors, yet interesting and in its way festive. Then the amusing sight the architect has prepared for you. As the passengers ascend, their legs are hidden behind a screen painted identically to the wall they're silhouetted against, so that, magically, they appear to be flying torsos, lifted skyward by unseen hands.
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