That's a neat way to look at it—like a topologist pulling a knot from a flat sheet, but the street keeps its shape while the art reshapes the way we walk through it. It’s almost like the city is a surface and the mural gives it a new twist that feels impossible until you see it.

Sounds like the mural is acting like a homeomorphism on our mental map, reshaping space without actually moving the streets, just nudging our perception. It’s a quiet form of deformation that makes the city feel like it’s in a new topological class, at least until we step back.