Discovering the Past: Museum finds rare set of 'magic lantern' slides showing early Tuskegee Institute

Short segment on Magic Lantern Shows and how they relate to Analog Light Shows and Visuals we do today. This video also demonstrates some large format mechanical slides I made for overhead projector, which are based on historical Magic lantern slides. It gets a little wacky. #light #lightart #projection #projectionart #art #lightshow #show #projector #overhead #overheadprojector #visuals #analogvisuals #liquidlight #liquidlightshow #magiclantern #magiclanternslides #slide #slides #slideshow | Li

Labocine on Instagram: ""Broken View" directed by Hannes Verhoustraete. A poetic essay film on the colonial gaze and the magic lantern. This early type of image projector was used in Belgian colonial propaganda, showcasing the good works of the Church, State and industry. Lantern projections were an effective way of selling the colonial project to a somewhat reluctant Belgian public. However fragile images made of glass may be, many thousands survived. Often lavishly hand colored, these tainted,