THE MAN WHO STOPPED TIME
An interactive exhibition for children and adults about Eadweard Muybridge’s legendary series of photographs of a galloping horse.

It playfully explains the principles of early animation devices before the advent of film.

As part of the exhibition, we also offer animation workshops.

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Target Audience

The exhibition is designed for school-age children, but it will also engage their parents.

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Exhibition Space

The ideal space can be divided into three sections, though this is not essential. Total area: 100–200 m².

The three main parts of the exhibition – The Bet, Apparent Motion, and The Cave – are described below.

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DOES A GALLOPING HORSE EVER HAVE ALL FOUR HOOVES OFF THE GROUND AT ONCE?

At first glance, this question might seem almost ridiculous. And even if we didn’t know the answer, we could simply play any video of a running horse and slow it down—or freeze it completely. Or we could look it up in an online encyclopedia, type a query into a search engine, or ask artificial intelligence. Today’s technologies feel entirely natural to us. The knowledge of the world is only a few taps away, and we routinely carry a fairly high-quality camera and video recorder in our pockets.

This exhibition tells the story of how people searched for the answer to this question one hundred and fifty years ago. It aims to show—and perhaps even evoke—the fascination with movement and vision, and with exploring them. A fascination that became a driving force for many researchers, inventors, and dreamers.

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