This was submitted yesterday, but I'll repeat some of what I said before. Someone mentioned that this isn't an "optical illusion" per se, but one that only the

This was submitted yesterday, but I'll repeat some of what I said before. Someone mentioned that this isn't an "optical illusion" per se, but one that only the camera sees. I find this exploration of the gap between our vision and machine vision to be really interesting. There have been a ton of separate and great essays around the New Aesthetic that touches on some of this stuff via art (vs phenomenon). Rev Dan Catt writes more on this too: http://revdancatt.com/2012/04/07/why-the-new-aesthetic-isnt-about-8bit-retro-the-robot-readable-world-computer-vision-and-pirates/ http://revdancatt.com/2012/04/07/why-the-new-aesthetic-isnt-... And also more cool Zoetrope-like effects without strobing: Bass String Video: https://vimeo.com/4041788 https://vimeo.com/4041788 The Phonotrope: http://www.jimlefevre.com/?page_id=200 http://www.jimlefevre.com/?page_id=200 reply