Aftermath of the thaumatrope workshop at the Peanut Gallery in October 2013.
A thaumatrope
harnesses the magic of "persistence-of-vision" to make two images appear as one.
The Peanut Gallery in Chicago let me host a seance to conjure up some thaumatrope magic on October 29, 2013. A gaggle of grown-ups used scissors, glue, crayons, markers and yarn to see the ghostly after-image of flip-flopped drawings. Documentation of work below. Caution! You'll see some strobing.
Alien + Spaceship. Image by Jessi Meliza.
Red + Green. Image by Jessi Meliza.
Face + Helmet. Image by Jessi Meliza.
Magical flip-flopping action caught on tape!