20 Apr 2024
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The Image of Happiness: The First Scene
After the invention of photography, the development of film devices, catalyzed by Muybridge's The Horse in Motion, led to the birth of film in 1888 with Le Prince's device in the Roundhay Garden Scene. This work explores illusions, continuity and spacetime in between, attempting an audiovisual experiment to connect images of death with the "First Scene."
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