The Wheels of Life (Phenakistoscope Adventure)

Our technological addiction is hard drug.
Computers are more and more powerful, techniques more and more complicated, the supply of moving images is infinite.
But old history still gives us unequalled magic.
An ancient, simple, humble magic, which touches the deepest chords of our souls.
A magic that resets our mind and puts us naked in front of the beauty of the World.
Enjoy these 3 minutes in the “Wheels of Life”

Created and animated by Pasquale D’Amico pasqualedamico.it
Music recorded and produced by Al-Maranca al-maranca.bandcamp.com/
Melody and Ganesha artwork by Saori Ito
Song: “Lord Ganesha Mantra - Om Gam Ganepataye Namaha” youtube.com/watch?v=3p859tKb2uI

PHENAKISTOSCOPE disk by “THE CINÉMATHÈQUE FRANÇAISE AND THE CNC”
Photo copyright: Dabrowski Stéphane cinematheque.fr/

This video was made with 137 original Phenakistoscope created approximately in 1833 by:

Delaunois Alphonse Giroux
Rudolph Ackerman
Pellerin & Cie
SW Fores
Junin and Lazard
Evangelista Purkinje
G. Ingram
 Joseph Plateau Simon Stampfer
Simon Stampfer
K. Fuhri
Forrester & Nichol
Thomas McLean