Eric Dyer: The forgotten art of the zoetrope
Eric Dyer: El arte olvidado del zoótropo
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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películas experimentales.
way too much time, in front of a screen
frente a una pantalla
presented on a screen,
que se presentarían en pantalla,
to get my hands back on the work again.
poner manos a la obra otra vez.
as cinema and television,
gran popularidad en esta forma.
into the inside of the drum,
get my hands on again.
on a Fulbright Fellowship.
por una beca de investigación.
moving elements of Copenhagen:
elementos en movimiento de Copenhague:
back into the physical world
strips of ink-jet paper
tiras de papel de impresión
form of the zoetrope,
with a video camera.
por una cámara de video.
make these physical objects,
hacer esos objetos físicos
una rueda de bicicleta.
"Copenhagen Cycles."
"Copenhagen Cycles".
to get my hands back on the work again
poner manos a la obra otra vez,
with my face plastered to a screen,
con la cara pegada a una pantalla,
with our new family
con nuestra nueva familia
of art and life.
into "wheel of life."
como "rueda de la vida".
aplanan la escultura,
could be experienced as such,
pudiese experimentarse como tal,
kind of animated sculpture.
de sumersión completa.
for the zoetrope tunnel.
la idea del túnel zoótropo.
in the next 30 to 40 years.
en los próximos 30 o 40 años.
de media escala.
sobre este puente,
en las paredes,
that it reminded them of an MRI.
a una resonancia magnética.
a degenerative retinal condition
una enfermedad retinal degenerativa
to that in my work.
a ello en mi trabajo.
in this piece called, "Implant."
denominada "Implant".
super-magnified medical device
súper amplificado
del nervio óptico.
miniaturized to experience it.
se hace miniatura para experimentarlo.
of cell-sized robots
de tamaño de células
in and out of the optic nerve,
dentro y fuera del nervio óptico,
of my own incurable disorder.
a mi propia enfermedad incurable.
and gene therapy research,
y su investigación,
to unhealthy cells using viruses.
a células enfermas usando virus.
fluffy hope in this,
de colores y peluche en esto,
threatening idea
amenazante y terrorífica
an invasive species in your body.
en especies invasivas en el cuerpo.
to take me away from the things
a alejarme de las cosas
in an automobile,
en un automóvil,
process in the studio, primarily,
el proceso visual intensivo en el estudio
of San Diego, California.
al este de San Diego, California.
durante cuatro días.
and so devoid of motion.
y privado de movimiento.
place I've ever been.
más quieto al que he ido.
of my own body through the landscape
mi propio movimiento en el paisaje
del cambio de perspectiva.
from those photographs.
con esas fotografías.
en muchas capas
a zoetrope laid flat.
como un zoótropo en el llano.
landscape panorama.
del paisaje del oeste.
there's a video monitor
hay un monitor de video
hidden within the artwork.
escondida en la obra de arte.
about this project for me
de este proyecto para mí
with my brother a lot,
con mi hermano,
in this seemingly eternal landscape
que parece eterno,
durante millones de años,
memory loss and infection.
pérdida de memoria e infección.
to one of my mentors.
a uno de mis mentores.
presence is important
que la presencia física es importante
at the Imaging Research Center
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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