Phenakisti-scopes of Light

Toshio Iwai

Phenakisti-scopes of Light ,
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Inside sixteen flowerpots placed in a dark room, motors run to rotate transparent disks. A viewer peeking into a flowerpot will find an animation of the images printed on the transparent disk, illuminated by the switching of small white LED, and watch as small organisms seem to swim and wriggle.

This work applies contemporary technology in the mode of the phenakistiscopes invented in the early 19th century that were a forerunner of moving pictures to suggest new relationships between people and video images.
(Source: http://www.eu-japanfest.org/english/program/12/lille/art_iwai.html)
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