References

Vintage projector footage from "How You See It" (1936) https://archive.org/details/0142_How_You_See_It_M00121_09_15_54_00

The "Eight-Legged Bison" of Chauvet Cave: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/eight-legged-bison/MAEomrUsqDLlNw

Running Bison recreation - Marc Azema https://youtu.be/e7P9M3uvnRE

Prehistoric thaumatrope: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/thaumatrope-3-fac-simil%C3%A9-laugerie-basse-florent-riv%C3%A8re/-wH771Qtfdjsag?hl=en

Walking dots/human form from BioMotionLab at York University: https://www.biomotionlab.ca/html5-bml-walker/

"Chasing dots" illusion adapted from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2URMrZ-c8eE

"Color Phi" illusion https://michaelbach.de/ot/col-colorPhi/

Books and research papers:

• • Ramachandran, V. S. & Anstis, S. M. The Perception of Apparent Motion. Sci Am 254, 102–109 (1986).

  • Lipton, L. The Cinema in Flux: The Evolution of Motion Picture Technology from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Era. (Springer US, 2021). doi:10.1007/978-1-0716-0951-4.

  • Wade, N. J. Philosophical Instruments and Toys: Optical Devices Extending the Art of Seeing. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences 13, 102–124 (2004).

  • ANDERSON, J. & ANDERSON, B. THE MYTH OF PERSISTENCE OF VISION REVISITED. Journal of Film and Video 45, 3–12 (1993).

  • ANDERSON, J. & FISHER, B. The Myth of Persistence of Vision. Journal of the University Film Association 30, 3–8 (1978).