Zoetrope 1-4

'From Joseph Plateau's Phenakistoscope to the Thaumatrope, Zoetrope, and work of the other chronophotographers, the breakdown of movement into punctual units was required as a first moment in the operation of its illusory reconstruction.'
Mary Ann Doane



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Shooting Footnotes:
Filmed in my living room during November 2004, this footage works particularly well when looped and translated into the form of a Zoetrope. Performers are Franck Baranek and Chirstinn Whyte.