One of the reasons for the popularity and resilience of what is today referred to as the “persistence of vision” theory is that it mistakenly provides a simple explanation for two distinct perceptual phenomena. The first is flicker fusion, which…
Media “archaeologies” often emphasize the technical similarities between nineteenth-century optical devices and the basic mechanism of film animation: both create the illusion of movement by deploying series images stroboscopically. The designation of such instruments as “pre-cinematic,” however, can be misleading.…
‘Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn.’ (Norman McLaren) This quote can be recited by heart by most people in the animation field, usually in the pursuit of the…
