Spinoscope
My debut art piece from Ghorar Dim Studios — a proprietary Phenakistoscope kit, renamed.
I've been meaning to figure out the magic behind phenakistoscopes for a long time but never got around to it until recently. I absolutely love old school animation gadgets. This technology dates back to the 1800s — invented by Joseph Plateau. I renamed this phenakistoscope kit with a new trademark: The Spinoscope. My debut art piece from Ghorar Dim Studios.
Inside: five animation reels. Attach a reel to the dowel, place it in front of the mirror, and spin. These discs spin into a blur or a little story. It depends on you to successfully see what's going on.
Process
Persistence of vision is the phenomenon through which these illusions become visible — but your eye has to learn how to get the correct alignment through the slits and into the mirror. Yes, tricky. That's why it's an illusion. But once you see it, you cannot unsee it.
This will undoubtedly take you back to another era where we did not take visual effects for granted — rather remained in awe with the discoveries of what our eyes and brains could do.
Collaborators & context
Ghorar Dim Studios — produced for exhibition and sale