Comments on: Stop-Motion Studies

Stop-Motion Studies

dydecker — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:06:45 -0800

Stop-Motion Studies In these photographs, the body language of the subjects becomes the basic syntax for a series of Web-based animations. Many sequences document a person's reaction to being photographed by a stranger. Some smile, others snarl, still others perform.

By: Erasmus

Erasmus — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:29:15 -0800

Fascinating link. Disconcerting to see this people moving the way they do...

By: swordfishtrombones

swordfishtrombones — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:37:46 -0800

Great link! Visual poetry. The rest of the hosting site has some great stuff too.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:19:24 -0800

Bravo. One thing I can't tell... are the pictures flashing up in a random sequence, or is it just a chaotic predetermined sequence? Whichever it is, it's brilliant. Hadn't seen anything quite like this before. Thanks Dydecker.

By: chandy72

chandy72 — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:25:48 -0800

This is utterly mesmerizing. Like meditations on the smallest twitches in public behavior, these sequences tells more than gross movements... thanks for the link.

By: riffola

riffola — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 06:41:31 -0800

#19 reminds me of that Fatboy Slim video. Great link, thanks!

By: soplerfo

soplerfo — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:02:22 -0800

great link! this is such a great alternative to video - it really captures the movement and life in a scene without having to be a big clunky over compressed video file. makes the subjects much more fun to watch too - if it was just video of people fidgeting it'd probably get very boring very quickly.

By: daver

daver — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:04:33 -0800

Couldn't agree more. I was expecting something more clinical from the description, but these are artistic little snippets of life. Must... resist... using... [brackets]

By: crunchland

crunchland — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:14:46 -0800

Neat. Are these taken in Montreal? I think I liked 8 and 9 the best.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:23:23 -0800

Are these taken in Montreal? Ummm. From the "intro" page that is linked from the FPP: "All imagery was shot in Paris, France between November 8 and November 11, 2002." #16 is my favorite. One she looks like an old girlfriend of mine, and two she is blowing kisses at the camera. Well, she looks like she is blowing kisses :)

By: VulcanMike

VulcanMike — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:37:06 -0800

my favorite from the boston gallery.

By: xammerboy

xammerboy — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:42:25 -0800

I really like these. Thanks for the link.

By: willnot

willnot — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 07:57:26 -0800

Those are amazing. Some how including these small movements does seem to make the subjects seem more human. Number 1 didn't seem to work for me though. Does anybody else see anything other than some soft, shifting colors when clicking on 1.

By: jeremias

jeremias — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:03:22 -0800

This is nifty. Makes me want to learn more about what exactly he did. Looks like he had to have a tripod? The camera seems to be very still, especially for a subway. Also wonder what sort of Flash programming took place. I guess you could do similar things by shooting dv and then exporting as an image sequence.

By: crunchland

crunchland — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:18:00 -0800

curse these failing eyes! I scanned the intro, but didn't see the city named.

By: sparky

sparky — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:58:41 -0800

Incredible! I also liked the animals series -- stock photography of animals set to Missing Persons and Ramones songs. Very trippy.

By: jonson

jonson — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:10:38 -0800

For whatever reason, they made me think of scenes from a horror movie, maybe Jacob's Ladder. Watching them, it was as if I was there, and everyone was moving at blurring speeds, disconcerting.

By: Ynoxas

Ynoxas — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:18:46 -0800

Number 1 didn't seem to work for me though. Does anybody else see anything other than some soft, shifting colors when clicking on 1. #1 appears to be a very overcast sky, the light moving is the sun behind the clouds. I'm *pretty* sure that's what it is.

By: biscotti

biscotti — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 09:53:38 -0800

Fabulous link, dydecker. I love #11 especially, it's really creepy: the way the man's chest moves up and down, and the way the woman next to him seems to be angry or frightened, there's a whole story in there. In #12 it looks like she's waiting for a chestburster to make an appearance. I agree with jonson that these are very Jacob's Ladder, and some of them seem to touch that nerve of creepiness that Jacon's Ladder did.

By: bullitt 5

bullitt 5 — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 11:26:04 -0800

Excellent. Thanks.

By: m@

m@ — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 12:47:47 -0800

Reminded me of Rodney Ascher's Buddha Bar [link is to interview, scroll down to view movie] although Ascher used some digital tricks to create his 'still photo' movie.

By: troutfishing

troutfishing — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 15:33:50 -0800

Maybe they can do a version of "Wittgenstein meets the rude Italian hand gesture"...

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Fri, 24 Jan 2003 16:48:08 -0800

Fabulous find, dydecker - thanks! I love the slice of life feel to the subway series, and this Parisian street scene really enchanted me - it seemed like an impressionist painting come to life. Thanks to everyone who pointed out other interesting features too - 'specially the Boston gallery - thanks VulcanMike. (the London gallery is good too.)

By: redfoxtail

redfoxtail — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 13:45:46 -0800

I loved this, thank you.