GOLD PRAXINOSCOPE THEORY & CRITIQUE The Extra Terrestrial

The Extra Terrestrial

and The Star Machine

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Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages

GOLD PRAXINOSCOPE THEORY & CRITIQUE The Extra TerrestrialPraxinoscope is a beautiful reproduction of the incredible invention of Frenchman Emile Reynaud How does the Praxinoscope work? Quite simply: It transforms static images into a moving sequence, thanks to retinal persistence. A circular drum is rotated, the mirrors in the centre of which reflect images drawn on strips of paper placed around them. The spectator looks over the instrument and can thus observe an animation of a clear sequence, in which the