[eccr] CONFERENCE Cinema: Motion-Illusion-Spectacle (National Film Theatre 26-28th November 2004)

>CONFERENCE ANNOUCEMENT
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>Cinema: Motion-Illusion-Spectacle
>Exploring the legacy of Eadweard Muybridge
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>Centre for Research in Film and Audiovisual Cultures, Roehampton
>University in collaboration with the National Film Theatre, London
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>26-28 November 2004
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>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 ((P.McDonald /at/ roehampton.ac.uk)).

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