For my final project, I decided to make a tribute to the typology of drawing that focuses on the movement of living things. This typology explores motion, form, and time. One such example is Eadweard Muybridge’s Horse photographs.
The photographs became import as a series rather than individually, and in turn offer insight into the locomotion of a horse. Another example of this typology is the work of Harold Edgerton, which become more formal due to the stark contrast in the photographs.
In dialogue with these works, I took advantage of the image segmentation library Detectron2, which allowed me to generate outlines of people from an image.
Using these outlines, I began sampling videos to create long exposure outlines.
I found walk cycles particularly compelling, partially due to the uniqueness of an individual’s gait.
With the focus of a walk cycle, I began recording my classmates’s walks.
Through the capture, the personality of a walk can be seen.
Finally, to emphasize the temporality of the walk, I began experimenting with a dashed representation, fading out the edges of the moment.
