Body cinema: Films by Etienne-Jules Marey – vintage motion capturing

February 1, 2011

Tonight I’m gonna have a lot of pioneers on Body Pixel… when talking about body, motion and film, no doubt we can not miss one, and that’s Étienne-Jules Marey.

This scientist, chronophotographer and photography developer firstly started to explore human and animal blood circulation, and then switched to pulse, motion, body rhythm, and heart beating at the end of 19th century. His films are both, science and art of full caliber, now having a wonderful patina and vintage layer.

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Sam Loman’s graphic body seeing

March 3, 2010

Here are three very interesting illustrations by designer Samantha Patricia Loman on human body. One is based on data visualization, the second on sewing patterns and the third is obviously inspired by GPS and iPhone applications… absolutely great concept of graphic body seeing…

Underskin

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Human body and typography – gallery

January 5, 2010

Here are some great examples how designers, artists and typographers can combine human body and its condition in their work…

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Ariana Page Russel (c), photo taken from: glia.ca

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This Cyborg Life

November 18, 2009

As many of you already know, my blog is mostly body related… Therefore, I want to recommend you a series of articles published under title This Cyborg Life on Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide… They were published during last week…

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