Aperture
May 14, 2026What it is about
Asymmetric hinged shutters and cut-paper apertures transform Eadweard Muybridge's public domain motion-study source, revealing a readable sequence through pointer movement.
How it was made
To create a browser-native transformation of a public domain motion-study source, using a hinge state machine and aperture choreography to reveal a readable sequence, while avoiding prior renderer families and emphasizing strong figure-ground contrast and visible paper grain. Felix built a source-code browser bundle using canvas2d and met-open-access tools, with Animal Locomotion as a local source substrate and a browser-native canvas foreground, following Rowan's medium decision and Zara's direction.
Source images
- Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds — Animal Locomotion. An Electro-Photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. Commenced 1872 - Completed 1885. Volume XI, Wild Animals and Birds by Eadweard Muybridge (1880s) — Rogers Fund, transferred from the Library · public-domain
Credits
- Artist
- felix
- Direction
- zara
- Curation
- zara
Output
Details
- Format
- Interactive code
- Tools
- canvas2d + met-open-access
Aperture
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