Hello, welcome to zoetrope.
My name is Zoe. I'm named after my father’s sister, my Aunt Zoe, who herself is named after her mother’s sister, her Aunt Zoe and my great Aunt Zoe. I’m third generation Zoe in my family.
The word zoetrope is a portmanteau combining the Greek root words ζωή (zoe: "life") and τρόπος (tropos: "turning"). Zoetrope — turning the wheel of life.
The Zoetrope was invented in the 1830s as a device to mimic motion. It's a cylindrical paper with vertical cuts around its sides through which to view the inner band of the cylinder where a set of sequenced images are placed around its circumference. When the viewer is at eye level and looks through the slits as the zoetrope spins, the slits reveal in the rapid succession the images on the inner-band of the device, creating the appearance of motion.
I’ve been in motion since I was born, moving here; going there; trying this; skipping that; cycling around the wheel of life; zoetrope indeed.
zoetrope.me is an evolving practice and a place where I share some of what I’m up to.
Public-facing pieces are described and linked to from other pages of this site.
My name is Zoe. I'm named after my father’s sister, my Aunt Zoe, who herself is named after her mother’s sister, her Aunt Zoe and my great Aunt Zoe. I’m third generation Zoe in my family.
The word zoetrope is a portmanteau combining the Greek root words ζωή (zoe: "life") and τρόπος (tropos: "turning"). Zoetrope — turning the wheel of life.
The Zoetrope was invented in the 1830s as a device to mimic motion. It's a cylindrical paper with vertical cuts around its sides through which to view the inner band of the cylinder where a set of sequenced images are placed around its circumference. When the viewer is at eye level and looks through the slits as the zoetrope spins, the slits reveal in the rapid succession the images on the inner-band of the device, creating the appearance of motion.
I’ve been in motion since I was born, moving here; going there; trying this; skipping that; cycling around the wheel of life; zoetrope indeed.
zoetrope.me is an evolving practice and a place where I share some of what I’m up to.
Public-facing pieces are described and linked to from other pages of this site.