The Magic Lantern: Part 2 - Live Event
The Magic Lantern: Part 2 is the second installment of an ongoing series of interactive animation projects and kinetic art, which explores the art of animation through various, animation-viewing contraptions of the old and the new. This installment of the Magic Lantern focused on animated sculptures created from modern tools such as 3D printing. A live presentation was streamed online on October 26, 2020, hosted by the Urbana Free Library. The presentation was divided into two parts - showcasing of animated shorts and kinetic art, then a live-demo of 3d-printed zoetrope.
The Magic Lantern: Part 2 is the second installment of an ongoing series of interactive animation projects and kinetic art, which explores the art of animation through various, animation-viewing contraptions of the old and the new. This installment of the Magic Lantern focused on animated sculptures created from modern tools such as 3D printing. A live presentation was streamed online on October 26, 2020, hosted by the Urbana Free Library. The presentation was divided into two parts - showcasing of animated shorts and kinetic art, then a live-demo of 3d-printed zoetrope.
Video recorded at 24 FPS with record player speed setting at 45 RPM.
3d zoetrope & animation by EKAH
Music:
“Neurograma” by Nicolás Gravel (a.k.a. bio.nico)
Used under CC By-NC license.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/bionico
3d zoetrope & animation by EKAH
Music:
“Neurograma” by Nicolás Gravel (a.k.a. bio.nico)
Used under CC By-NC license.
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/bionico
The 3d-printed zoetrope consists of approximately 530 pieces printed individually at a total of more than 150 machine hours.
Digital modeling and pre-visualizing of the animation was created in Autodesk's 3ds Max.
Digital modeling and pre-visualizing of the animation was created in Autodesk's 3ds Max.
Some process images below.
Digital modeling in 3ds Max Scene
Pre-visualization rendered in Autodesk's 3ds Max
This project was in part funded by the Urbana Arts & Culture Program and the City of Urbana.
To learn more about the previous Magic Lantern project, you can read this recap and in-depth review of the first Magic Lantern presentation from Debra Domal of Smile Politely:
EKAH and The Magic Lantern: a story of technology, animation, and public arts support
EKAH and The Magic Lantern: a story of technology, animation, and public arts support
You can also view 2019's animated zoetropes here:
https://steampunkgrub.art/the-magic-lantern
https://steampunkgrub.art/the-magic-lantern