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Road to Nowhere – Zoetrope

Road to Nowhere – Zoetrope

concept, light art installation

 

 

 

THE CONCEPT

Road to Nowhere is a modern version of the early 19th century

invention Deadaleum or wheel of the devil, later renamed

Zoetrope, wheel of life.

Traveling on this magical wheel of life, juggling mind and heart,

one experiences that movement and time are just beautiful

optical illusions.

A hypnotic flickering light draws people to a large cylindrical

installation that seems to be rotating and standing still at the

same time.

5 bicycles are placed around the cylinder (red, yellow,  green,

blue & purple) and invite people to participate in the installation.

Participation (cycling) influences the speed,  colour and mood of

the work.

Cycling on one of the bikes or just standing around the spinning

cylinder of the zoetrope, the visitor will see a hallucinating

tableaux of moving, colliding and interacting objects and images,

challenging ones sense of reality.

 

 

 

 

The RGB strobe lights freeze the circular motion of this modern 3D zoetrope but by freezing motion it creates the illusion

of movement at the same time, bringing life to a sequence of 2 & 3D still images on the zoetrope creating an hallucinating

experience.

Traveling on this zoetropes endless road while juggling heart & mind, one has to contemplate if life as we perceive it is not

more than a sequence of still images, just a beautiful optical illusion. 

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A short 3D animation test for the juggling part in the Zoetrope.

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