Animals in motion: from paleolithic cave paintings to 1,200fps videos
The animals transformed into spectacle have disappeared in another way. In the window of bookshops at Christmas, a third if the volumes on display are animals picture books. Baby owls or giraffes, the camera fixes them in a domain which, although entirely visible to the camera, will never be entered by the spectator. All animals […]
“Scrutiny on the bounty” by Sergio Aragonés, 1972
☛ Mad-ly Yours!: “Scrutiny of the bounty” by Sergio Aragonés, Warner Paperback Library, 1972, unpaginated. Amazon. Sometime clearer is not better. I find this to be a good thing to remember at a time when everything ―from cars to glasses to television sets― are said to be “HD” or “Beyond HD”. • • • Here’s […]
“The functioning of the eye in many ways can be compared to that of a camera” (1972)
☛ 50 Watts: “Figure 19.3 The functioning of the eye in many ways can be compared to that of a camera”, illustration by Paul Slick, from Life and Health published by Communications Research Machines in 1972. 50 Watts, previously known as A Journey Round My Skull is Will Schofield’s richly and well curated space about […]
