This zoetrope does not require a strobe, being calibrated exactly to a camera shutter speed and revolving on a precise Technics SLQ turntable.
Movies of moving picture machines (videos)
Zoetropes Phenakistoscopes and Praxinoscopes were the machines that formed the basis of modern day movie making. Here are some movies of these amazing machines in action, complete with some great modern interpretations.
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Pete Hudsons pedal powered 3d zoetrope, created the illusion of a swimmer doing the crawl through the alkaline Burning Man playa.
Zurich airport combines the modern with the post modern. As its high tech. shuttle passes through a tunnel, a strobed zoetrope shows an animated image of Heidi blowing a kiss at passengers as they gaze out the the subway car windows.
A 3d zoetrope made from tiny sculptures of a running man, modeled on Edweard Muybridge photos.
