Event

How is movement created in an image? How do you make a movie? And were there movies before the invention of film? This new workshop series, consisting of six different workshops, explores pre-cinematic toys—from the wonder disc and the optical illusion device to the wheel of life—as we examine our own perception and experiment with various ways to create the illusion of movement. We’ll learn how to animate individual images. This will result in short “films” that participants can take home or have displayed at the Wolf Kino. Two workshops on a single theme will be held each month.

In September, we’ll focus on the traumatrop: How does the perception of motion work? What is an afterimage? We’ll examine optical illusions, make wonder discs and roll cinemas, and explain how to trick the eyes.

Repeat session on September 19