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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Thomas Edison"”.
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Towards an Architecture of the Cinematic
… of Eadweard Muybridge, Étienne-Jules Marey, and Thomas Edison; from this analysis I construct a core set of qualities of the cinematic. Secondly, I critically review the existing architecture-cinema relationship as it relates to the discipline of architecture, using a combination of primary and …
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The Victor Brass Quartet: Its Genesis, History, and Literature
… in America and includes the inventions of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Emile Berliner, and Eldridge R. Johnson as they relate to the formation of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Early recording equipment and the recording process are also discussed. The final chapter reveals …
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Film Here Now: Daily Filmmaking and the Path to Well-being
… non-moving shot films by the Lumière Brothers, Thomas Edison and W. K. L. Dickson that dominated early cinema. Noël Burch’s theory of film, wherein films are analyzed as a combination of Institutional and Primitive Modes of Representation, provides the framework I use to contextualize my films …
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One Hundred and Fifty Percent Elasticity
The sculptural environments I create immerse the viewer in a decrepit vaudevillian past. The sculptures allude to narratives within Community Theater as well as the Drag Show. Making becomes an act; manipulating materials such as synthetic hair and paint are associated with the guise of the makeup …