stop motion studies, the remix

Stop Motion Studies – Series 13: montage of stop motion animations of people being photographed in the subways of tokyo, london, paris, new york and boston. (original animations for each of the cities were originally posted on the internets around 2003).

“It is said that 90% of human communication is non-verbal. In these photographs, the body language of the subjects becomes the basic syntax for a series of animations exploring movement, gesture, and algorithmic montage. Many sequences document a person’s reaction to being photographed by a stranger. Some smile, others snarl, still others perform. Some pretend not to notice. Underneath all of this are assumptions and unknowns unique to each situation.”