British Library Photographic Exhibi... Nov 7, 2009
Eadweard Muybridge s Locomotion Experiments ... Eadweard Muybridge carried out thousands of tests to try and prove this. (Suite101.com)
‘Do It Yourself’ presents the sum of its parts Sep 20, 2009
But it also, deftly, calls to mind the stop-motion photography pioneered, in a spirit of scientific positivism, by Eadweard Muybridge in the 19th century. Looking at it, we can imagine a single chair rotating in an arc through space. (Boston Globe)
2 artists use found images to create new works Aug 22, 2009
Jones' work makes implicit tribute to Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), the pioneer of photographic motion studies, suggesting that the current state of imaging technology and cultural self-awareness warrants analogous investigation. "Hunted and Gathered": Robert Flynn Johnson, curator emeritus of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, the prints and drawings department of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, has collected photographs privately for many years. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Avalanche! The Incredible Data Stream Of Solar Dynamics Observatory Aug 13, 2009
" Because these fast cadences have never been attempted before by an orbiting observatory, the potential for discovery is great. To illustrate the effect this might have on solar physics, Pesnell recalls the 18th century photographer Eadweard Muybridge, who won a famous bet with racehorse owner Leland Stanford. In those days, horses were widely thought to keep at least one hoof on the ground even in full gallop. That's how it appeared to the human eye. "But when Muybridge photographed horses... (Science Daily)
* [ THE WEEKENDER ] The virtues of innovation and minimalism May 25, 2009
Entity began and ended with a stop-motion short video projection made from photographs of a racing greyhound taken by 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge. Just as Muybridges Animal Locomotion works allowed viewers to clearly delineate the movements of running animals, McGregors choreography takes apart his 10 dancers bodies and puts them back together in unexpected ways. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
