Animation is the medium that allows for a dramatization of a skirmish with nature. -Esther Leslie, “Animation and History” In Segundo de Chomón’s Création de la Serpentine (1908), a sorcerer transforms a billowing piece of fabric into a woman…
Meditations on Metamorphosis: Natural History and Animation in Chomón’s Trick Films
by Colin Williamson • September 17, 2018 • 3 Comments