Holographic Mutoscopes

Invented in the late nineteenth century as a hand-cranked apparatus that flipped sequential cards to create the illusion of motion, the traditional mutoscope invited a solitary viewer to lean in and experience movement up close. By redesigning the classic housing through high-tech 3D printing and replacing physical flip-cards with internal holographic projection, the project transforms an early mechanical novelty into a quiet vessel for experimental moving images.

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First presented as part of the Icon Animorum exhibition at Loyola Marymount University's William H. Hannon Library with the Academy of Catholic Thought and Imagination, the devices were created to house contemplative animated sequences inspired by the illuminations of The Saint John's Bible.