Tracing Movement: Locomotion Study, Photography and the Emergence of Cinema An exhibition curated by Michael Cowan Presented at the Byre Theatre, within the 2019 St Andrews Photography Festival October 4-31, 2019 Drawing on materials from St Andrews’ Special Collections, this exhibition examines how the science of animal locomotion helped…

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Animatograph! How Cinema Was Born in Haringey   Bruce Castle Museum presents an exhibition dedicated to British film pioneer Robert W. Paul, who founded an innovative studio on Muswell Hill in the late 19th century. Celebrating Paul’s 150th anniversary, the show includes fascinating early cinema technology, historical…

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Dioramas Palais de Tokyo, Paris 14 June – 10 September 2017 From midday to midnight, except on Tuesdays This exhibition claims that the invention of the diorama in the 19th century represented an “optical revolution, a key moment in the history of performing arts”. It tells the story…

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Slides The History of Projected Photography Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (Switzerland) 1 June – 24 September 2017 open from Tuesday to Sunday, 11pm – 6pm   The Musée de l’Elysée is presenting one of the first exhibitions devoted to the history of the slide. No prints hanging on the walls this…

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