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Coyote v. Spectator: Ruptured grace in animated humour

by Jack Parry • March 16, 2026 • 0 Comments

2026 marks the resurgence of animation’s most sophisticated anti-hero: Wile E. Coyote. While he has spent decades in a cycle of recursive trauma, he recently moved from the desert to the courtroom in the film Coyote v. Acme1. This cinematic…

by Jack Parry • January 16, 2024 • 0 Comments

The phenomenon of persistence of vision (POV) is central to the conceptualisation and pedagogy of animation. There exists however controversy between film/animation theories and empirical science as to the parameters of this phenomenon. POV is classically seen as the phenomenon…

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Tag Archive for bergson

Coyote v. Spectator: Ruptured grace in animated humour

by Jack Parry • March 16, 2026 • 0 Comments

The Grace of Vision: A Bergsonian take on Persistence of Vision

by Jack Parry • January 16, 2024 • 0 Comments