CONFERENCE ANNOUCEMENT
Cinema: Motion-Illusion-Spectacle
Exploring the legacy of Eadweard Muybridge
Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures, Roehampton
University in collaboration with the National Film Theatre, London
26-28 November 2004
Eadweard Muybridge's motion studies became one of the founding gestures in
the development of moving images. Occasioned by the centenary of
Muybridge's death, Cinema: Motion-Illusion-Spectacle will explore his
legacy and that of his contemporaries through the development of mediated
illusions of motion from pre-cinema to contemporary digital aesthetics.
The conference will examine the fascination and attractions of such
illusions and consider their part in the development and reinvention of
cinematic motion, illusion and spectacle.
This conference is organized by the Centre for Research in Film and
Audiovisual Cultures (CRFAC) at Roehampton University, in collaboration
with the British Film Institute’s National Film Theatre (NFT).
Over three days the conference will discuss the subject of cinema and
motion through a series of panels with themes including technology,
science, stillness, space, and special effects.
Keynote presentations will be provided by Professor Mary Ann Doane (Brown
University, US), Professor Steve Neale (University of Exeter) and Michele
Pierson (University of Queensland, Australia).
For full details of the conference, please visit the Centre's site at
www.crfac.org.
This provides information on the conference schedule, recommended
accommodation in London, registration information and the location of the
venue.
Please note: all registation enquiries should be made through the box
office of the National Film Theatre (020 7928 3232).
Any other enquiries, contact Paul McDonald ([log in to unmask]).
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