Ayyy buddy. MOMI

               While walking through the Museum of the Moving Image, I noticed that it was not just a random collection of interesting memorabilia and other doodads, but a poetic retelling of humanity’s successful attempts to make images come alive. Upon walking in, we are introduced to three simple objects, a thaumotrope, a phenakistoscope, and a zoetrope. I think this small introduction was brilliant because these primitive objects are the catalyst that eventually led to our LED televisions and all the technology we have today.
                As we moved on, we were shown photographs, some early machines made for viewing movies that were powered manually by a crank, and an art installment called “Feral Fount” by Gregory Barsamian. This led us to think about moving images and how simply we can create a story by putting one image after another. Immediately after we were shown a wall of video cameras, shortly after that, we went through a hall of television. I believe they placed one after another to demonstrate that as a result of video cameras, televisions were invented.

After the televisions, there was a whole entire floor devoted to movies, memorabilia and merchandise. I believe they devoted an entire floor to this because the intention was to portray the modern movie industry as a direct result of television. The movie theatre at the end was a nice ending to the narrative. I appreciated the artwork of the theatre and the Hollywood Star references. 


I loved this trip and I plan to go back to the museum after it's renovated. :]