Author: Jane DesmondPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822319429
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
On dance and culture
Motion Studies
Author: Rebecca SolnitPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN: 9780747562207
Category : Chronophotography
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In 1872 an Englishman called Edward Muybridge photographed a horse in California and thereby invented the essentials of motion picture technology. His patron wanted to know if the horse ever lifted all four hooves at once. This is the story of Muybridge and modern technology.
Avant-Garde Film
Author: Scott MacDonaldPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521388214
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The past thirty years have seen the proliferation of forms of independent cinema that challenge the conventions of mass-market commercial movies from within the movie theatre. Avant-Garde Film examines fifteen of the most suggestive and useful films from this film tradition. The films discussed include No. 4 (Bottoms) by Yoko Ono, Wavelength by Michael Snow, Serene Velocity by Ernie Gehr, Print Generation by J. J. Murphy, Standard Gauge by Morgan Fisher, Zorns Lemma by Hollis Frampton, The Ties that Bind by Su Friedrich, From the Pole to the Equator by Yervant Gianikian and The Carriage Trade by Warren Sonbert. Through in-depth readings of these works, Scott MacDonald takes viewers on a critical circumnavigation of the conventions of movie going as seen by filmmakers who have rebelled against the conventions. MacDonald's discussions do not merely analyse the films; they provide a useful, accessible, jargon-free critical apparatus for viewing avant-garde film and communicate the author's pleasure in exploring 'impenetrable' works.
Performance Studies in Motion
Author: Atay CitronPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408184133
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 525
Book Description
Performance Studies in Motion offers multiple perspectives on the current field of performance studies and suggests its future directions. Featuring new essays by pioneers Richard Schechner and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, and by international scholars and practitioners, it shows how performance can offer a new way of seeing the world, and testifies to the dynamism of this discipline. Beginning with an overview of the development of performance studies, the essays offer new insights into: contemporary experimental and postdramatic theatre; participatory performance and museum exhibitions; the performance of politicians, political institutions and grassroots protest movements; theatricality at war and in contemporary religious rituals, and performative practices in therapy, education and life sciences. Employing original reflexive approaches to concrete case studies and situations, contributors introduce a variety of applications of performance studies methodologies to contemporary culture, art and society, creating new interdisciplinary links between the arts, humanities, and social and natural sciences. With studies from and about places as diverse as Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Israel, Korea, Palestine, the Philippines, Poland, Rwanda and the USA, Performance Studies in Motion showcases the vitality and breadth of the field today.
Author: William S. Price
Author: Pamela C. RoddyComputational Studies of Human Motion
Author: David ForsythPublisher: Now Publishers Inc
ISBN: 1933019301
Category : Automatic tracking
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Computational Studies of Human Motion: Part 1, Tracking and Motion Synthesis reviews methods for kinematic tracking of the human body in video. The review confines itself to the earlier stages of motion, focusing on tracking and motion synthesis. There is an extensive discussion of open issues. The authors identify some puzzling phenomena associated with the choice of human motion representation --- joint angles vs. joint positions. The review concludes with a quick guide to resources and an extensive bibliography of over 400 references. Computational Studies of Human Motion: Part 1, Tracking and Motion Synthesis is an invaluable reference for those engaged in computational geometry, computer graphics, image processing, imaging in general, and robotic.
On Perceived Motion and Figural Organization
Author: Max WertheimerPublisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262017466
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
This work by and about Max Wertheimer collects together new translations of his two most important articles and places them in both historical and contemporary contexts with the addition of essays by Michael Wertheimer ... [et al.]
A Goddess in Motion
Author: Roger CanalsPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785336134
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The current practice of the cult of María Lionza is one of the most important and yet unexplored religious practices in Venezuela. Based on long-term fieldwork, this book explores the role of images and visual culture within the cult. By adopting a relational approach, A Goddess in Motion shows how the innumerable images of this goddess—represented as an Indian, white or mestizo woman—move constantly from objects to bodies, from bodies to dreams, and from the religion domain to the art world. In short, this book is a fascinating study that sheds light on the role of visual creativity in contemporary religious manifestations.
A Motion Study of the Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory Guidance Test Facility
Author: Francis A. CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Guidance systems (Flight)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Motion measurements taken at the inertial guidance test facility of the Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory are applied to problems of facility design and inertial hardware testing. Motion measurements are processed to form unambiguous estimates of platform strain, rotation, and translation to allow a determination of the loop response of the test platform to ground motion and intralaboratory disturbances. In its open loop state, intralaboratory disturbances are found to be dominant source of platform motion, even under quiet conditions. (Author).
