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Peta Cook at Kingston University

January 27, 2011 from 7pm to 8pm

Roundtable Discussion: Paradigm Shifts in VisionThurs 27 Jan 7pmKnights Park Campus, Kingston UniversitySpeakers from the Muybridge in Kingston (www.muybridgeinkingston.com) programme return for an exciting group discussion examining how Muybridge’s work formed part of a wider 19th Century shift in vision as a way of understanding the world. Speakers will include Dr. Pasi Valiaho, Prof. Esther Leslie, Deac Rossell and Professor Stephen…See More

Jan 13, 2011

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Peta louise Cook commented on Peta louise Cook's blog post BBC Imagine - Eadweard Muybridge (updated)

"Thank you James - very kind of you to say so. Please do come down and see the show, it's been extended until March 19th now so plenty of time (i.e. no excuses). It was filmed during an incredibly pressured time, so i wasn't particularly…"

Dec 20, 2010

James Morley commented on Peta louise Cook's blog post BBC Imagine - Eadweard Muybridge (updated)

"Thanks to a timely reminder from this site, and one of the small benefits of being off work sick, I sat and watched this today. Great programme, and I really must get down to Kingston (especially as I only work about five miles…"

Dec 16, 2010

Michael Pritchard commented on Peta louise Cook's blog post BBC Imagine - Eadweard Muybridge (updated)

"Updated with a link to the BBC iPlayer for the programme"

Dec 1, 2010

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Nov 30, 2010

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BBC Imagine - Eadweard Muybridge (updated)

Alan Yentob presents this Imagine film on the strange life and amazing achievements of one of the most enigmatic and intriguing figures in the history of photography and motion pictures. Brilliant photographer, inventor and showman Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the creation of photographic techniques that prefigured modern cinema and the digital age.We expect Kingston to feature heavily in this documentary, with the town centre, the river, Muybridge’s birthplace, the Coronation Stone and…See More

Nov 30, 2010

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November 30, 2010 from 10:30pm to 11:30pm
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Sep 12, 2010

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Muybridge in Kingston Exhibitions at Kingston Museum and Kingston University's Stanley Picker Gallery

September 18, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm

Eadweard Muybridge was one of the world's most innovative and influential photographic pioneers. Undertaking extensive studies of humans and animals in motion, his influential body of work played a critical role in the history of photography and the moving image, with his contribution to art and science enduring as a source of inspiration into the 21st Century.This autumn sees the launch of two brand new Muybridge in Kingston exhibitions, staged in Eadweard Muybridge’s hometown of Kingston upon…See More

Sep 12, 2010

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Muybridge Revolutions Exhibition
September 10, 2010 at 12:30pm to February 12, 2011 at 5pm
Muybridge in Kingston launch day`
September 18, 2010 from 12:30pm to 7pm

Sep 10, 2010

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Free Symposium

Eadweard Muybridge - Re-presenting History in the Digital AgeHosted by the BFI (NFT2)Friday 21st May 20102 - 5.30pmA symposium marking the culmination of a 6 month Arts and Humanities Research Council project, between Kingston University and Kingston Museum in South West London. The symposium celebrates the launch of an innovative on-line resource which draws together information on collections of Muybridge's work world-wide for the first time.The symposium itself, will critically reflect on…See More

May 3, 2010

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