Make animations from stereoscope cards

February 1st, 2012

The New York Public Library website has an online program that lets you create animated GIFs from old Victorian and early 20th Century stereoscope cards. Try it here
Here are a couple of examples:

Festive foam near Blackpool

December 31st, 2011

It looks like snow, but is actually some sort of foam (probably decomposing algae) blowing in from the sea at Cleveleys near Blackpool.

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

December 11th, 2011

Put your face (and your friends faces) into a video of the song! link

Another excellent video projection

November 13th, 2011

Some very nice effects in projections on a building in Berlin (promoting a new LG phone).

Time of Rats

August 30th, 2011

One of the mechanical sculptures at the Sharmanka Kinetic Theatre in Glasgow. link

Video projection on building

July 17th, 2011

We’ve posted other examples of this effect before, but in this installation the audience can control the projection using a microphone.

PERSPECTIVE LYRIQUE from 1024 on Vimeo.

Ray Harryhausen animations

July 17th, 2011

A compilation of every creature animated by Ray Harryhausen in feature films (in chronological order).

Buckets & Pulleys

July 9th, 2011

The Fabrica art gallery near our school has a new installation by Stephane Cauchy called ‘Cascade’. Buckets connected by pulleys rise and fall as they are filled with water and then empty. link

Floating Micro-Origami

May 20th, 2011

Tiny origami creations (2-3 cms across) opening slowly on the surface of water (due to capillary action).

Flottille (detail) from Etienne Cliquet on Vimeo.

The Ice Book

March 11th, 2011

A delightful project by Davy and Kristin McGuire using a pop-up paper theatre with back-projections.