Eadweard Muybridge’s Life as told by Experimental Czech Theatre Group Laterna Magika

Why We Recommend it

Human Locomotion tells the story of  the photographic works and personal life of pioneering British photographer/inventor Eadweard Muybridge through contemporary dance, physical theatre and visual art.

Description

Laterna magika, a multimedia theatre group from the Czech Republic, brings their acclaimed project Human Locomotion to the Hong Kong stage. Their piece depicts episodes from the life of 19th-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge.

While Muybridge was focusing on his photographic research, his wife had an affair with a drama critic. Muybridge shot and killed his wife’s lover, but was acquitted on a verdict of ‘justifiable homicide’.

Muybridge is best known for his pioneering work on animal locomotion, which used multiple cameras to capture motion in stop-motion photographs, and his zoopraxiscope, a device that can be considered to be the first movie projector.

 

Details

When: 29 Sep 2017 - 1 Oct 2017 Where: Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre (Theatre) – 111 Shau Kei Wan Road – Shau Kei Wan