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Bellows
Eric Dyer (US)
Eric Dyer’s Bellows is modeled on the zoetrope, an invention that goes back to 1832. The principle is as simple as it is ingenious: slits are cut into the wall of an open-top cylinder, and individual, sequential images are applied to the cylinder’s interior. Now, when the cylinder is rotated very quickly on its axis, the slits whizzing past seem to be transformed into a single “window.” And the same happens to the images flying by on the interior surface—they blend together into a “movie.” This is how 19th-century cinéastes experienced the magical world of the zoetrope, but Eric Dyer’s audience is nevertheless denied this simple pleasure. His high-tech zoetrope rotates too quickly for our eyes. A camera (to register the images) and a computer (to reduce the speed at which they move) have to be brought into play for us to be able to see a sharp, colorful image. Bellows plays with the limits of our optical perception while delivering an ironic take on the technology fetish of our times.
You’ll find additional information about Eric Dyer at http://userpages.umbc.edu/~dyer/Eric_Dyer/Home.html.
Source: Ivy Flores
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