A quick demonstration video of another of my paper phonotropes, this one fashioned in a "wedding cake" inspired configuration.
A phonotrope is a contemporary update to a zoetrope, a 19th-century pre-cinema animation device consisting of a cylinder with vertical slits and a sequence of still images placed inside. When a zoetrope is spun rapidly, a viewer can peer through the slits to see the animation. The phonotrope works on a similar principle to the zoetrope, but replaces the cylinder and vertical slits with a record turntable, lights, and a video camera.
I plan on building two more phonotropes, making the total number of phonotropes for my proposed installation four.
The music in this video was created by my collaborator, Zev Farber.
