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	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]).