Eric Dyer: The forgotten art of the zoetrope
Eric Dyer: A arte esquecida do zootrópio
Eric Dyer is an artist and educator who brings animation into the physical world with his sequential images, sculptures and installations. Full bio
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eu era animador profissional.
os meus filmes experimentais.
way too much time, in front of a screen
tempo demais, em frente de um ecrã,
apresentado num ecrã.
presented on a screen,
to get my hands back on the work again.
de voltar a trabalhar com as mãos.
as cinema and television,
sob esta forma.
into the inside of the drum,
para dentro do tambor,
sob uma forma física.
get my hands on again.
voltar a fazer com as minhas mãos.
on a Fulbright Fellowship.
com uma bolsa de estudo Fulbright.
moving elements of Copenhagen:
interessantes de Copenhaga:
back into the physical world
para o mundo físico,
faixas de papel, a jato de tinta
strips of ink-jet paper
form of the zoetrope,
with a video camera.
por uma câmara de vídeo.
make these physical objects,
fazer estes objetos físicos
de uma roda de bicicleta,
"Copenhagen Cycles."
"Bicicletas de Copenhaga".
to get my hands back on the work again
voltar a pôr as minhas mãos a trabalhar
with my face plastered to a screen,
de cara colada a um ecrã,
com a nossa nova família
with our new family
of art and life.
da arte e da vida.
into "wheel of life."
por "roda da vida".
achatam a escultura,
could be experienced as such,
poder ser sentida como tal,
kind of animated sculpture.
animada totalmente envolvente.
for the zoetrope tunnel.
do túnel zootrópico.
que apontemos a lanterna,
in the next 30 to 40 years.
nos próximos 30 a 40 anos,
that it reminded them of an MRI.
que isto parecia um aparelho de MRI.
a degenerative retinal condition
degenerativa da retina
to that in my work.
in this piece called, "Implant."
nesta peça, chamada "implante".
super-magnified medical device
super ampliado
miniaturized to experience it.
é miniaturizado para o experimentar.
de robôs do tamanho de células
of cell-sized robots
in and out of the optic nerve,
sobre o nervo ótico,
para a repararem.
of my own incurable disorder.
de ficção científica
and gene therapy research,
e na investigação da terapia genética
to unhealthy cells using viruses.
nas células doentes, usando vírus.
fluffy hope in this,
colorida e reconfortante
threatening idea
ideia ameaçadora
an invasive species in your body.
uma espécie invasiva no nosso corpo.
to take me away from the things
a distanciar-me das coisas
in an automobile,
dentro de um automóvel,
process in the studio, primarily,
visualmente intensivo,
of San Diego, California.
a umas horas de distância
durante quatro dias.
and so devoid of motion.
e tão desprovido de movimento.
place I've ever been.
em que já estive.
of my own body through the landscape
do meu corpo, no meio da paisagem,
from those photographs.
a partir dessas fotografias.
a zoetrope laid flat.
um zootrópio planificado.
landscape panorama.
de paisagens do Oeste.
there's a video monitor
há um monitor de vídeo
hidden within the artwork.
escondida na obra artística.
about this project for me
partes deste projeto
with my brother a lot,
com o meu irmão
in this seemingly eternal landscape
naquela paisagem aparentemente eterna
ao longo de milhões de anos
memory loss and infection.
perda de memória e uma infeção.
enquanto indivíduos,
to one of my mentors.
a uma dos meus mentores.
presence is important
a presença física é importante
at the Imaging Research Center
no Imaging Research Center
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Eric Dyer - Artist, educatorEric Dyer is an artist and educator who brings animation into the physical world with his sequential images, sculptures and installations.
Why you should listen
Eric Dyer spent years working at a computer to produce images for the screen. Longing to "get my hands back on the work," he returned to a tactile creative process. He began exploring the zoetrope, an early form of animation. The device, popular in the 19th century, consists of a slitted drum whose interior is lined with a sequence of images. When the object is spun, the viewer peers through the apertures in the drum and the forms appear to move. By replacing the drum with a fast-shutter digital video camera, Dyer invented the process of making films from spinning sculptures. He continues to innovate with new tools and applications, moving his work off the screen and into real spaces.
Dyer work has been widely exhibited at events and venues such as the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art, Ars Electronica, international animation festivals in numerous countries, the screens of Times Square, and the Cairo and Venice Biennales. He has been honored as a Fulbright Fellow, Sundance New Frontier Artist, Creative Capital Artist and Guggenheim Fellow. Dyer's fervent exploration of expression through motion has placed his work in books such as Re-imagining Animation: the Changing Face of the Moving Image, Pervasive Animation, Animation: A World History and A New History of Animation. He has been a visiting artist at institutions such as Carnegie Mellon University, ECNU in Shanghai, and CalArts. Dyer teaches visual arts and animation at UMBC in Baltimore, MD and is represented by Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York.
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